P3D Re: FED light leaks

["McCann, Mart" <mart.mccann@xxxxxxxxx>]

>  Phil Spooner asked:
> 
> > Has anybody any advice on FED light leaks please?
> 
> > I did wonder if the problems I am seeing are due to 
> > lens flare, but I suspect not for these reasons:
> 
> Phil, have the batteries been changed recently?  When I changed batteries
> in
> my FED for the first time, I got exactly the results you described (and
> which I also mistook for a light leak).  I had been assured by the clerk
> at
> the photo store where I bought the replacement battery that I was getting
> an
> equivalent replacement, but this turned out to be untrue.  My FED had been
> overhauled by Marty Hewes and modified to take 1.55V silver oxide
> batteries,
> I believe (it's been a while since I've used it).  At any rate, when I
> installed the proper batteries, everything worked perfectly again.  Good
> luck with yours.
> 
> Martha McCann
> 


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