Studio lighting equipment repaired. Model: Elinchrom D-Lite 4 it.
A photographer brought this equipment to my shop and told me that it was working fine till someone dropped it on the floor and broke it. It was a studio light/flash. When the photographer hits the camera button, it emits light from the camera giving a signal to this equipment to respond with a flash giving more bright light to brighten up the photo.
I took the cover off and right away, I could see broken and burnt parts. You can see the burnt bulged capacitor in the photo.
A shorted power IC (TNY 264NG) is seen as well. That was the only things I could see but later on, I found a shorted diode on the same line as this power IC.
I replaced the capacitor, 22uf/350 volts. It was not easy to find the power IC but finally I found it and replaced it. I also replaced the shorted SMD diode. The fuse was also open but did not replace it, instead I put a light bulb to make sure there were no shorted components left on board. I powered up the machine and the light came on indicating a working light.
I replaced the fuse and power up the machine and it came on for a few seconds then it shut down. I was shocked to see that happen because I was expecting it to work but it did not. Later on I realized there was a part missing in this light. The customer told me that he sent it to someone who opened it and tried to fix it but found it a hopeless case since there were a lot of parts blown.
The missing part was the fan. It was a five volts fan. Very tiny and as you can see it in the photo it was badly broken.
I could not find a fan that small to replace the broken one. Instead, I found one smaller that usually comes in laptop computers. I replaced it and power up the machine and the light worked fine.
The photographer came and brought his camera with him. He took a shot with it and immediately this machine responded with a light. The photographer was so happy to see that. I was too.
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shehab kably
July 28, 2013 at 6:26 pm
Dear Mr. with diversity of electronics components and seldom similarity between components even in same vendor equipments. what is best strategy to store and order it?
Waleed Rishmawi
July 28, 2013 at 10:57 pm
in my country we do not order that much. usually we find it in the stores. sometimes we do not find the part that I am looking for, so I check with other tech. who actually worked on this kind of machine. I rememeber one time that I ordered an IC from china and that was it. 85 percent we find things in store. i hope this answeres your question..
Amir Mukhtar
July 29, 2013 at 2:50 am
Sir,
thanks you for your new Sharing
thanks you
Amir Mukhtar Ashrafi