The cover for my Edwards 895 will NOT come off, no matter what. Are there some special tabs or screws or something I’m missing? ANy help would be appreciated.
There are two screws in the strobe housing that must be removed in order to slide the cover up and off.
Pop off the cover and remove those screws and it should come off just fine.
How do you remove the strobe cover?
That is a BAD idea. Do you mean that clear dome? Those Xeon tubes are FRAGILE…
Brandon, I am talking about the plastic cover on the device.
4j25, There are plastic tabs on each side of the device. Depress both of those and it should pop off.
Sorry to go off topic. Just gotta know. Don’t those tubes have high voltage?
That is the Cap. They are really fragile is my main concern
Yes, the capacitor is high voltage. If you are really worried, find the solder traces on the back for the capacitor and touch them together with a screwdriver (while it is OFF) to discharge all voltage. Also, the cap loses voltage over time. If it hasn’t been on for a while, you should be OK.
Just don’t touch it and you’ll be fine. It was made to come apart this way.
Some users have been bitten by their strobes this way, just so 4j25 and ccs46 know.
Is it worse that getting shocked by the inside of a camera ? (I wasn’t the brightest) The disposable ones hurt!
It’s honestly not too bad, I got shocked by a certain someone’s 2903 light plate once. :lol:
Ok now, I may want to use it in a system test with my 4002, if and when that happens. How could I run it on 24VDC?
Is it not a 24VDC alarm? If it is you should be able to power it by wiring it as normal. Don’t forget your EOL!
Nope, 10-12VDC.
There’s a way to step 24VDC to 12VDC with a couple of resistors. You could also hook up the coil of a relay to the horn NAC and hook up a 12VDC power supply into the relay contacts. I wouldn’t recommend either of these methods, though.
This is the schematic Andrew drew to help Nathan power his 12VDC RSS. This was the resistor method I was talking about - you might find success with this.
Edit: Oops, forgot to attach it! :oops:
Edit again: They have to be 100-ohm, 1-watt resistors.
You could also use a 7812 voltage regulator.
Both methods will put off a fair amount of heat.
Perhaps you can use the panel’s alarm relay to power a 24VDC computer fan in the backbox the alarm/regulator assembly is in…
Nah, that’s a terrible idea. :lol:
Putting your hand inside a VCR to pull out a stuck tape also smarts…not that I would know or anything…
Lol you too?