Inon strobe care

[Baruke]

Hi,

I´ve a Inon Z-240 Type4 strobe since February and made 9 dives with it, using OF cable.

Every time I change batteries (each two or one dives), I wash the battery box o-ring with fresh water and re-lube it (not too much) with Inon´s grease.

But there are two things I never did, and I dont´t know if it´s need:

- I never openned the Synch Connector Cap and never clean or greased the o-ring.

- I never take out the OF conection since I´d connected.

How often should I need too open the Synch connector, clean and grease the o-ring?

Good dives
M.Oliveira

 

[bvanant]

If you never open it, I would only lube it up once a year or every 100 dives or so. Every time you open and close you run the risk of not closing it correctly. I wouldn't worry too much about the cap flooding if you never open it.
Bill

 

[Baruke]

Thank you Bill.

I´m getting a little bit paranoid about flooding.
Last dive I thought the strobe get water inside because it just get off after some shots on first 15 min of the dive.

Another lesson learned:
Never go to water without fresh batteries!!!
:blush:

Thanks
M.Oliveira

 

[Karl_H]

Spot on advice about the cleaning for the Sync cover, although be careful about leaving it untouched for a long time - after 1 year of dives the cap can become very difficult to unscrew without causing damage!

The OF connection can be used directly in the water as it has a transparent plastic shielding around the sensor so no need to use an o-ring - however the same logic applies about the cover being hard to remove if left in place for a long time!

Karl