ben_arkin

Thank you for the quick answer! It's nice to know the meaning of the model number suffixes, and very good to have the tip on using a sync safe. Full power will certainly be more useful than 1/4 power, so I will go find an electrician to install the bridging wire (I'm not confident in working among big capacitors myself). It's too bad there aren't any replacement switches, though.

Thanks again!

Hi! I've been reading your excellent advice about Bowens Monoblocs and thought that you might be able to help me with my issue.

I've come into possession of 2 Bowens Monolites, one 400CX and one 400B. I have absolutely no idea what the difference between the two is - they look identical from the outside besides the model number markings.

Anyways, the 400CX seems to work fine, but the the 400B seems to fire only at 1/4 power no matter which setting the power-slector knob is turned to. I saw your responses about the failure of the knob and thought that might be my problem.

I had taken it in to be fixed, but I got an exorbitant quote of like $400 Canadian...

I would really appreciate hearing any thoughts you might have. Thank you!