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by Ken Kovak on Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:39 pm

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Went to use my Canon flash today after quite a while, haven't used in ~ 18 months, put in fresh batteries and nothing! Tried other batteries and made sure batteries are good. No corrosion apparent on the battery connections, etc.

Do these things have a shelf life? It is about 14 years old but was working fine when I last used it. Any thoughts on what one might do? Canon says they no longer service.

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by E.J. Peiker on Wed Aug 23, 2017 3:43 pm

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Yeah what happens on a really old flash is that the capacitor becomes so leaky that it can't store enough charge to discharge into the tube. It's not a real difficult repair for a service center. These guys repair old flashes:
https://www.criscam.com/repairs/

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by Ken Kovak on Thu Aug 24, 2017 11:31 am

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Thanks EJ. For as little as I use the flash this is worth a try.

Ken

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