Strobonar 1 battery

<p>Hi, I just bought an old Heiland-Strobonar 1 flash pack and have learned it was powered by 2 Willard wet cell batteries. My question is, does anyone have info on these batteries? They didn't come with the flash pack so I dont have a part number or dimensions on them. Any info would be appreciated. Thank you!</p>

<p>That's a serious oldie. I would not power that up without checking, and probably replacing, the capacitors. Caps that old are very likely dried out to the point of being dangerous.<br>

As for the battery, good luck on finding a wet battery in this world.</p>

 

<p>If you dive deep into Butkus' site: they are described as 4V 6Ah (Willard ER-6-2B) If you don't need many flashes at once, I'd recommend trying out 6 Sub C cells charged externally as a substitute. But yes, I do second Charles' safety concerns!</p>

<p>Thank you both for the responses. Those caps will indeed be checked, there are 2 the size of big salt shakers in the storage side. This is what I was told by a radio guy, "Dry cells cannot deliver the current requirement of the high voltage oscillator that charges the energy storage capacitor". Is this not true with NiCad sub c batts?<br>

Jochen, Butkus is a great site, you must be a better diver than I am, I couldn't find anything but instructions on filling the batteries. </p>

You can find 8 volt SLA batteries on Ebay..if you can fit in it the unit, you'd be good to go.

Since this was an interesting question, I did some research...Steve, www.1000bulbs.com has some 4 volt 4.5 amp gel cells for $6.85 each.