Removing Old Flash Tubes; Removing A Broken Flash Tube; Installing A New Flash Tube; Replacing The Bulb - Metz mecastudio TL-300 Bedienungsanleitung

11.4.1 Removing old flash tubes

- Avoid skin contact with the flash tube or the
adjusting light; hold them only with a clean,
grease-free cloth or cotton gloves.
Reflector must be removed:
- 1. Remove the lamp of adjusting light a.
- 2. Unhook retaining spring b with
insulated needle nose pliers.
Never touch or press flash tube c on the
freely floating ring flash::
DANGER OF CUTS AND SPLINTERS!
- 3. Hold flash tube c only on the two
insertion pins d. In this way, carefully
move flash tube c back and forth while
pulling it out of the socket.

11.4.2 Removing a broken flash tube

If the glass of the flash tube is broken, the
capacitor of the studio flash unit cannot be
discharged as described above. To avoid
electrical shock, the flash tube must be
replaced with the insulated tool described
above. It is important that work be carried
out with particular care.

11.4.3 Installing a new flash tube

Only an identical flash tube may be
reinstalled!
- Plug the two plug-in pins d of the new
flash tube loosely into the socket
designated for that purpose.
- Press on the two plug-in pins d care-
fully and uniformly until the new flash
tube c is seated firmly on the end stop.
May sure you do not bend the wires of
the plug-in pins!
- Hook in the spring clip b once again
with the needle nose pliers.
- Plug in the bulb a of the modelling
lamp.
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- Replace the reflector

11.4.4 Replacing the bulb

Only an identical bulb may be
reinstalled!
The studio flash unit must be switched
off and the power plug must be pulled
out of the power socket.
Bl on use a clean, grease-free cloth or
cotton gloves to take hold of bulb a!
- Pull out bulb a
- Carefully pull the bulb a out of the
socket.
- If no further flash photographs will
be taken, then put the protective cap
back on.
- Plug in bulb a
- Carefully plug the bulb into the .
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