Technical help with Ikelite housing

Hi,

I'm having problems with my Ikelite uw-housing.

I am pretty sure the problem is in the strobe sync cord connector on the outside of the housing. I.e. where you connect the strobe TTL sync cable. So, I think I have to open it and solder one of the pins (probable the gound pin).

I would also be OK with replacing the whole connector, if that is possible (buy a new one from Ikelite etc).

My first question is if anyone has any info or experience on doing this. Is it simply to unscrew the bolt on the inside of the housing, or will this ruin the water proof?

The cable inside the housing is glue melted to the connector, but is this related to the screw/bolt? I mean, will if be affected by opening the screw/bolt?

etc!

Background:

About a month ago my camera stopped taking pictures under water as long as the strobed were switched ON. The camera would not read the exposure and refused to take a picture.

After some examination I realised that the ground pin in the connector (described above) had been pushed down to the bottom.

After some work I managed to pull it back up. I even added some glue and after that it seemed to stay in place and best of all, everything worked great.

Well, it worked for 2 dives. Now it is back to not working again. I can't seems to get it to work. Normally I would simply send it to Ikelite, but I'm on a diving trip and will soon go on another one, so I desperately need advice on what can be done on the field.

More info:

I have found out that it is the Master strobe that has to be turned OFF. I can have the Slave strobe on, and it even fires. But, the TTL doesn't work. I have also found out that if I set both the knob on the housing as well as the knob on the strobe on Manual, the slave actually works as a single manual strobe. Much much better than no strobe, but still not my first choice...

Equipment:

I have a housed D300 with a DS125 and a DS51 strobe with a dual cord. It doesn't matter what strobe is set to slave / master, the behaviour is the same,

I have tested both the camera, strobes and cable and they all work perfectly.

Thanks in advance for any hints, tips, experience etc!

/Peter

There's tons of knowledge here, so maybe somebody will offer help ...

... but maybe you could could call Ikelite and get some help over the phone?

That's what I would do if I were in your shoes (after posting the question here, as you did ...)

There's tons of knowledge here, so maybe somebody will offer help ...

 

... but maybe you could could call Ikelite and get some help over the phone?

 

That's what I would do if I were in your shoes (after posting the question here, as you did ...)

Well first of all I am on a diving trip in Sweden. Secondly all I have is a swedish cell phone. Calling on that to the US is expensive to say the least.

I have already emailed Ikelite but I have never got any technical replies from them other than, "send it to us and we will repair it".

Hopefully this time I am more lucky as I've heard that it may be possible to purchase the connector and replace it myself, but I have no details, information, price, delivery time etc etc.

/Peter

Don't you have dealers in Sweden? Where did you buy it from? Talk to the person you bought it from.

Well first of all I am on a diving trip in Sweden. Secondly all I have is a swedish cell phone. Calling on that to the US is expensive to say the least.

You may want to try a Skype account, it is really good for things like that. (Not sure how much it is there, but I carry one with a U.S. number and it works very well for me.)

You may want to try a Skype account, it is really good for things like that. (Not sure how much it is there, but I carry one with a U.S. number and it works very well for me.)

Good idea but I only have dead slow and unstable GPRS (not even 3G or HDSPA) internet via my cell phone.

/Peter