Using a Kemple DIY Vagabond setup (300W AIMS inverter + 10AH NiMH battery), works fine w/ one AB1600 (JrX used to trigger it from the remote control port). Put two AB1600s on it and it doesn\'t get enough juice out of the battery, so one of the AB1600s \"crashes\" w/ the JrX connected to the remote control port but the other manages to charge up. One of the AB1600\'s is more susceptible to crashes than the other.
\"crashes\" = dump light is lit red, and power switch backlight flickers, or power switch flickers and no dump light is lit (ready never gets lit). When you press the test fire button on the JrX, it still fires with a slight flicker pulse out of the flash tube (maybe five Ws from the look of it). It\'s probably severely voltage starved.
Without the JrX connected, both AB1600\'s will light up the ready light (even full power), but they both flicker the dump/ready light during chargeup. The setup is far too weak to power them...it lasted maybe 20 flashes but I think the \"crash\" state sucks a continous stream of power, so I only played with it for 15min before it drained the battery and shut down. I\'ll try to test w/ only one AB1600 tomorrow to see how many shots this gets.
Now I know why Tim Kemple dedicated one inverter setup per B800...a Vagabond seems far more useful
Quick update on this: the AIMS inverter is toast...only beep and lights up the undervoltage light when connected to a good 12V source now. Methinks going the DIY route was a mistake....
Using a Kemple DIY Vagabond setup (300W AIMS inverter + 10AH NiMH battery), works fine w/ one AB1600 (JrX used to trigger it from the remote control port). Put two AB1600s on it and it doesn\'t get enough juice out of the battery, so one of the AB1600s \"crashes\" w/ the JrX connected to the remote control port but the other manages to charge up. One of the AB1600\'s is more susceptible to crashes than the other.
\"crashes\" = dump light is lit red, and power switch backlight flickers, or power switch flickers and no dump light is lit (ready never gets lit). When you press the test fire button on the JrX, it still fires with a slight flicker pulse out of the flash tube (maybe five Ws from the look of it). It\'s probably severely voltage starved.
Without the JrX connected, both AB1600\'s will light up the ready light (even full power), but they both flicker the dump/ready light during chargeup. The setup is far too weak to power them...it lasted maybe 20 flashes but I think the \"crash\" state sucks a continous stream of power, so I only played with it for 15min before it drained the battery and shut down. I\'ll try to test w/ only one AB1600 tomorrow to see how many shots this gets.
Now I know why Tim Kemple dedicated one inverter setup per B800...a Vagabond seems far more useful
Oct 20, 2009 at 09:09 PM
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