Help! Sea & Sea Strobe Connection Problems

Hi all, I've got a S & S DX-D70 and I think the strobe connector on the housing has had a leak.

My strobe cable has ceased to function after 1 shot under water.

In the meantime I've tested both strobes (YS90 Auto) by triggering them as slaves and they are fine. The internals of the housing are also fine so I suspect that the sea water has either shorted the sync chord itself or the connection on the housing, probably the later as I've purchased a second chord an the same thing has happened with that also.

I need to know what I can do from here, I've cleaned he contacts with alchohol, left them to dry but it still does not fire the strobes.

Can I rinse the sync chord in order to try to dissolve any build up of salt that may have shorted the pins?

How do I disassemble the housing side of the sync connector and does that contain any sensitive electrics?

I can't get another sync chord as I've purchased the last one on PG so I need to try revive one or both of these!

Hi,

Sorry to hear your problem & here is my suggestion;

1. Check the socket & see 2 spring pins (out of total 5) are like other 3 pins or being pushed & stuck. It is a common problem with S&S connector. If it is stuck, you have to ship the housing to service center & get replaced. S&S does not sell the connector to users & is not easy to replace.

2.Hotshoe are very simple & has no electronics other than a small board with soldering. You can open & see.

3.You can check continuity of cable and/or insulation with multitester.

Hope this help.

Sam

are you using one synch cord or a double cord?

If you are using a double cord it has to be in one particular socket, most likely the left. If you are using two you have to do a little test to get them both to work.

When you hook up the D70 with both synchs attached and on, does the flash symbol on the camera start flashing?

This is what i would do, take some tape and cover up all the contacts on the hotshoe except the big one in the middle. That might fix the problem

Hi,

Sorry to hear your problem & here is my suggestion;

1. Check the socket & see 2 spring pins (out of total 5) are like other 3 pins or being pushed & stuck. It is a common problem with S&S connector. If it is stuck, you have to ship the housing to service center & get replaced. S&S does not sell the connector to users & is not easy to replace.

2.Hotshoe are very simple & has no electronics other than a small board with soldering. You can open & see.

3.You can check continuity of cable and/or insulation with multitester.

Hope this help.

Sam

Thanks guys, I've just tried Mike's suggestion of taping up the connectors on the hotshoe and its just fired using a single strobe cable. Can you elaborate on what is happening here?

For now Im gonna try a few dives like this with the second strobe set to slave.

If I can get away with it for now I will leave the servicing until I get back home.

I also checked the movement of the 2 spring pins on the housing and they seem to be functioning ok.

try it with both strobes like that, shouldn't be a problem.

I have had to do that with mine as well.