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Sun Sep 18, 2011 10:31 pm
Rod Cole
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:06 am
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Hi guys,

I have a Einstein light that has an occasional miss fire. The ready light will go red to green and the ready beep sounds but no flash. This is using the test button...

Any ideas?

Thanks Guys...
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Sun Sep 18, 2011 11:57 pm
ltwimberly
Joined: Sat Apr 23, 2011 5:35 pm
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Maybe a loose flash tube? Or maybe a bad test button? Does it ever misfire when you trigger it to make an exposure? How do you trigger it?
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Mon Sep 19, 2011 3:56 am
Rod Cole
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:06 am
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Trigger it using a using a cactus 4 or the test button...either way does the same thing. Yes, it happens when I'm shooting with it..

Thanks for your help ltwimberly. I will check the flash tube...
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 2:08 pm
c2thew
Joined: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:41 pm
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Location: Los Angeles, CA
it sounds like you are pushing the test button too quickly before the flash has enough time to refresh itself. this shouldn't be an issue if you are using a sync cord to the einstein.
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:03 pm
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The light will still fire even if not fully recycled. If the tube reseat does not work, contact customer service, as I doubt there is a user rectifiable solution.
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Tue Sep 20, 2011 3:57 pm
Rod Cole
Joined: Fri Mar 11, 2011 1:06 am
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Technical Support wrote:
The light will still fire even if not fully recycled. If the tube reseat does not work, contact customer service, as I doubt there is a user rectifiable solution.


Thanks TS. I will check it out today.

I have a couple of problems that I will ask in another post..
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