Quick camera charger question
Before I get started, I've been always posting in this forum section. This is the right section to ask questions right....?
I got a camera charger. I want to cut it so it charges A LOT faster (easily proven true) Now. Here's te problem. Most tutorials, show a diode on the board. They say "keep the diode on!" Well, I got 3 circuits. All the same. The problem:
The diodes, are on the opposite side of the board.
If i cut it like most tutorials say, ill be cutting the diodes off. Maybe other important links. Any suggestions? I thought there was a way to do something similar like this, without cutting the board... Yet still charge fast. Like something doing with bridging a part?
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You said 400F, 200V; did you mean uF ? I think you can parallel multiple flash units essentially at the capacitor terminals. Unsolder or clip the caps, and use those holes/wires to STACK the PCBs, each with their own battery. Then run wires to your BIG capacitor bank, and each PCB should add an increment of speed to the charge cycle. Take care; by the time you get a couple of parallel caps, you're well into the "potentially fatal" category...
The easiest way to cut down charge time is to replace the capacitor with a smaller one. Of course, that cuts down on the energy of the flash as well; that's fine for something like a strobe, but not so good if you still want to take pictures. Going form the 120uF cap to a 10uF cap in s strobe circuit will cut your cycle time down to less than one second... One of the diodes in your photo is part of the circuit that turns off the flash after it's reached full charge, and one concerts the AC from the transformer to DC for charging the cap.
Sep 10, 2008. 12:35 PMKilla-X (author)
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I need to cut the circuit to change chargetime. What im using it for, im talking 50 seconds VS 20 seconds. Im charging 4, 400V capacitors with it. And my old one that I cut down, charged 200V in 20 seconds about. Then i recharged batterys, tested it with 4 new energizer 2500ma <-- (oops) and fried it. This board differs..
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