armando_reyes Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Franky is/was my Armatar srobe. My wife said the flash had a funny looklike it was put together from different parts and it was a Frankeinsteinstrobe.But boy it worked like a charm.It busted on a wedding while doing formals, I guess it overheated, upon inspection I discovered a damaged capacitor (1100microF @350V Japan for Photoflash) Is this part an special order item or something I can buy on Radio Shack?Help me to revive Franky. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michaelging Posted June 23, 2006 Share Posted June 23, 2006 Radio shack will not have one but this place will. I collect and repair old Tube radios and this place is a great place for parts. http://www.tubesandmore.com/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armando_reyes Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 Thanks for the info, I'd like to fix it myself instead of send it for repair. Will check on that site. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
richard_cochran Posted June 24, 2006 Share Posted June 24, 2006 For things like capacitors, an excellent on-line source is <a href="http://www.digikey.com">digikey</a>. <em>Much, much</em> wider selection of specialized parts than Radio Shack. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armando_reyes Posted June 24, 2006 Author Share Posted June 24, 2006 I've overlooked an important detail, the size of the capacitor has to be the same dimension or close enough to fit inside the strobe. Still searching. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
johnw436 Posted June 25, 2006 Share Posted June 25, 2006 Richard's advice should be taken seriously. If you do any sort of electronics work whatsoever, DigiKey is indispensable. There are others out there similar to DigiKey, but none as good in my opinion- and DigiKey has been around for a million years. You can call them on the phone and actually speak to someone who knows something about components. Try that at Radio-Hack... www.Digikey.com Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armando_reyes Posted June 27, 2006 Author Share Posted June 27, 2006 Thank you all. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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