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SUBSTROBE75
SUBSTROBEt50
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UNDERWATERSYSTEMS
3303 N, ILLINors sT,, INDIANAPOLIS,IN, 46203
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INTRODUCTION
THEsUBSTRoBE75 nr'rosuBsrRoBE150 wrne
DESIGNEDBY IKELITE TO MEETTHE NEEDSOF TODAYS
UNDERIIIATERPHOTOGRAPHERS,NO OTHERSUBMERSIBLE
UNITS OFFERTHE FEATURESTHAT ARE INCORPORATED
INTO THE IKELITE SUBSTROBESERIES,
ENERGYRATI NG
A d j u s t a b l e p o w e r o u t p u t o f 4 O w a t t - s e c . . ,
7 5 w a t t - s e c .
POWERSOURCE
N 0 N - F e m o v a b l e N l - C A D b a t t e r y p a c k
CHARGINGTIMES
4 hours
NUMBERAE FLASHES/ RECY-CLET,II.4E
@ 4 0 w a t t - s e c . a p p r o x . 3 0 0 / 1 . 5 s e c .
@ 7 5 w a t t - s e c . a p p r o x . 1 5 0 / 3 . 0 s e c .
ANGLEE COVERAGE
9 0 d e g r e e u n i f o r m c o v e r a g e
MODELING LI GHT
1 5 d e g r e e b e a m a n g l e ( p n 2 0 b u l b p r o v i d e d )
MOUNfLNG RLOCK
F i r s I K E L I T E Q u i c k - H a n d l e U n i r s
U n i v e r s a l l y a d a p t a b l e
CONNECTORS
U n i t s s u p p l i e d w i t h I K E L I T E I C S p l u g o r
0 p t i o n a l E / 0
STNC/SLAVE
O m ni - d i r e c t i o n a l p h o t o c e l I
SURFACEGUIDENUMBERS
F U L L P O W E R c# \5 c# 72
H A L F PO W E R c# 32 c# 45
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ENERGYRA.TI NG
Ad j u s t a b l e p o w e r o u t p u t o f 4 o w a t t - s e c . , - l
7 5 w a t t - s e c . , 1 5 0 w a t t - s e c .
POWERSOURCE
I nterchangeable N l-cAD battery pack
CH'RGING TIMES
Standard Charger 15 hours
12 Volt Charger 15 hours
Q u i c k C h a r g e r 3 h o u r s
NUMBEROE FLASHES/ RECYCLETIME
@ 40 w a t t - s e c . a p p r o x . 6 0 0 / 1 . 5 s e c .
@ 75 w a t t - s e c . a p p r o x . 3 0 0 / 3 . 0 s e c .
@ 1 5 0 w a t t - s e c . a p p r o x . l 5 o / 5 . 0 s e c .
ANGLEOE COYERAGE
9 0 d e g r e e u n i f o r m c o v e r a g e
M . O D E L I N GL I G H T
1 5 d e g r e e b e a m a n g l e ( p R 2 a b u l b p r o v i d e d )
M O U N T NI G B L O C K
F i t s I K E L I T E Q u i c k - H a n d l e U n i t s
U n i v e r s a l l y a d a p t a b l e
CONNECTORS
U n i t s s u p p l i e d w i t h I K E L I T E l c s p l u g o r
0 p t i o n a l E / 0
SYNC/SMVr
O m n i - d i r e c t i o n a I p h o t o c e l I
SURFACFGUIDENUMBERS
ASA25 ASA64
F U L L P O T ^ / E R c# 60 c# 95
H A L F P O W E R c# 45 c# 7z
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A l t h o u g h t h e S u b s t r o b e s a r e d e s i g n e d f o r
r u g g e d u s e , t h e y s h o u l d b e a f f o r d e d t h e s a m e c a r e
a n d a t t e n t i o n o f a n y p r e c i s i o n i n s t r u m e n t t o a s -
s u r e m a x i m u m p e r f o r m a n c e . S u b s t r o b e s a r e s h i p p e d
i n a s e m i - d i s c h a r g e d s t a t e a n d p o s s i b l y h a v e n o t
b e e n f i r e d f o r s o m e t i m e . P l e a s e f o l l o w t h e p r e p -
a r a t i o n i n s t r u c t i o n s b e f o r e i n w a t e r u s e t o a s s u r e
m a x i m u m p e r f o r m a n c e .
T h e t w o o p e r a t i n g c o n t r o l s l o c a t e d a t t h e
b a c k o f t h e S u b s t r o b e U n i t s a r e t h e O F F / O N s w i t c h
( A ) a n d t h e P o w e r S e l e c t o r S w i t c h ( B ) . N O T E ,
t h e 0 F F I O N s w i t c h h a s a L 0 C K ( C ) a n d t w o 0 N
p o s i t i o n s . T h e f i r s t 0 N p o s i t i o n t u r n s t h e s t r o b e
0 N , t h e s e c o n d 0 N p o s i t i o n t u r n s t h e l , l o d e l i n g
L i g h t 0 N i n c o n j u n c t i o n w i t h t h e s t r o b e .
CHARGING
T u r n t h e u n i t t o t h e O F F p o s i t i o n . D i s c h a r g e
t h e s t r ob e b y s w i t c l r i n g t h e s l a v e / s y n c s w i t c h ( G ) .
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P l u g c h a r g e r i n t o s t r o b e l s c h a r g e r s o c k e t ( O ) , t h e n
i n t o w aI I o u t I e t . T h e r e d c h a r g i n g i n d i c a t o r I i g h t
( E ) w i l l c o m e o n s h o w i n g t h a t t h e b a t t e r i e s a r e
be i ng cha rged .
CHARGINgTIMES
SUBSTROBE75 gIANDARDCHARGERl-O HOURS
Ll VOLT CHARGER 6 HoURS
SUBSTROBE150 STANDARDCHARGER15 HoURS
12 VoLT CHARGER15 HoURS
OUICK CHARGER 3 HoURS
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[ . / h e nt h e b a t t e r i e s a r e f u l l y c h a r g e d t h e
c h a r g e r w i I I a u t o m a ti c a I I y s w i t c h t o a t r i c k l e
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t h e b a t t e r i e s f r o m o v e r - c h a r g i n g . t r . / i t h t h e S u b -
s t r o b e 1 5 0 , t h e r e d c h a r g e - i n d i c a t o r l i g h t w i l l
g o o f f , b u t w i | | c o m e o n p e r i o d i c a I I y ; t h i s i n -
d i c a t e s t h a t t h e u n i t . i s t a k i n g a t r i c k l e c h a r g e .
I / i t h t h e S u b s t r o b e 7 5 , t h e c h a r g e - i n d i c a t o r I i g h t
s t a y s o n a t a l l t i m e s .
NOTE: EVENWITHTHE BUILT-INSAFETY DEVICE,UNITS
SHOULDNOT BE LEFT ON CHARGEFOR MORE
THAN 48 HOURS.
T h e c a p a c i t o r s o f t h e s t r o b e d r a w s e l e c t r i c a l
en e r g y f r o m t h e b a t t e r i e s , s t o r e s i t a n d d i s c h a r g e s
t h i s e n e r g y t o t h e f l a s h t u b e w h e n t h e c i r c u i t i s
t r i g g e r e d . l . / h e n t h e f l a s h i s n e w o r h a s n o t b e e n
u s e d f o r 3 0 d a y s o r m o r e , t h e c a p a c i t o r s m a y I o o s e
s o m e o f t h e i r a b i l i t y t o s t o r e e n e r g y . W h e n t h i s
o c c u r s , t h e f o l l o w i n g s t e p s w i l l r e b u i l d o r
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hi g h p i t c h e d n o i se a u d i b l e a t t h i s p o i n t i s t h e
h i g h v o l t a g e o s c i l l a t o r b u i l d i n g u p t o f u l l c a p -
ac i t y . T h i s i s n o r m a l a n d w i I I b e e x p e r i e n c e d
w h e n e v e r t h e u n i t i s i n t h e 0 N p o s i t i o n .
0 b s e r v e t h e r e a d y l i g h t ( f ) , w h e n i l l u m i n a t e d t h e
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f i r e d b y s w i t c h i n g t h e S L A V E / S Y N C s w i t c h ( G )
b e t w e e n S L A V E a n d S Y N C . R e p e a t t h i s a b o u t 5
t i m e s a l l o w i n g t h e r e a d y l i g h t t o g l o w b e f o r e
f l a s h i n g t h e u n i t . T h e c a p a c i t o r s w i l l t h e n b e
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f e w p i c t u r e s .
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t h e S ST / N 0 N - S S T S w i t c h ( t ) i n t h e s t r o b e h e a d
i s i n t h e S S T p o s i t i o n . C o n n e c t s t r o b e p l u g
t o h o u si n g b u l k h e a d , n o t e t h e i n d e x i n g p i n o n t h e
p l u g a n d b u l k h e a d f o r p r o p e r p o l a r i t y . T u r n
S t ro b e t o O N , w h e n r e a d y l i g h t g l o w s , t r i p t h e
c a m e r a s h u t t e r a n d t h e s t r o b e s h o u l d f l a s h .
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WHENUSINGTHE SUBSTROBEUNITS OR OTHERSUB-
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M a k e s u r e t h e S S T / N 0 N - S S T s w i t c h ( J ) i n t h e
h e a d o f t h e s t r o b e i s i n t h e S S T p o s i t i o n .
C o n n e c t t h e s t r o b e p l u g t o t h e P o w e r P a c k , n o t e
t h e i n d e x i n g p i . n o n t h e p l u g a n d p o w e r p a c k
f o r pr o p e r p o l a r i t y . T u r n t h e P o w e r P a c k
s e l e ct o r s w i t c h t o B c 0 N / x s Y N c . T u r n t h e
St r o b e t o 0 N , s e t c a m e r a s h u t t e r s p e e d t o 1 / 6 0
o f a s e c o n d , w h e n s t r o b e r e a d y I i g h t g l o w s ,
t r i p t h e s h u t t e r a n d t h e s t r o b e s h o u l d f l a s h .
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T o c h e c k t h e s t r o b e s e p a r a t e l y y o u w i I I
n e e d a g o o d 2 2 + v o l t b a t t e r y a n d a s h o r t w i r e .
W i t h t h e s t r o b e t u r n e d 0 N , p l a c e o n e e n d o f t h e
2 2 + v ol t b a t t e r y o n o n e o f t h e p i n s o f t h e
s tr o b e s I C S p l u g ( s e e s k e t c h I ) .
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e n d o f t h e b a t t e r y t o t h e o t h e r p i n ( s e e s k e t c h
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f o r t h e s e u n i t s a n d r e c h e c k a l l c o n n e c t i o n s a
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s u p p l i e d w i t h t h e s u b s t r o b e a r e t w o m o u n t s .
T h e m o u n t w i t h t h e c i r c u l a r b a s e f i t s t h e I K E L I T E
Q u i c k H a n d l e U n i t s a n d i s a d a p t a b l e t o o t h e r a r m
s y s t e m s . T h e m o u n t w i t h t h e s q u a r e b a s e a l l o w s
t h e u s e o f r h e I K E L I T E # 1 0 8 7 F l o u n r i n g K i t . T h e
M o u n t i n g K i t c o n s i s t s o f a b r a c k e t a n d a 6 i n c h
s t a i n l e s s s t e e l b a r , p e r m i t i n g a t t a c h m e n t t o a n y
I K E L I T E h o u s i n g . T h i s m o u n t a l s o a l l o w s t h e
a t t a c h m e n t o f e i t h e r I K E L I T E M o d u l a r L i t e h a n d l e ,
p i s t o l g r i p o r U n d e r H a n d l e , t o t h e S u b s t r o b e .
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t h e Su b s t r o b e U n i t s a r e t o b e u s e d a s a g u i d e .
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SYNC/SLAVE
V / h e n t h e S Y N C / S L A V E s w i r c h ( c ) i s i n t h e
S Y N C m o d e t h e s t r o b e c a n o n l y b e f i r e d b y t r i p p i n g
t h e c a m e r a s h u t t e r . I n t h e S L A V E m o d e t h e s t r o b e
c a n s t i l l b e t i r e d b y t r i p p i n g t h e c a m e r a s h u t t e r .
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t h e r e f l e c t o r w i l l s e n s e l i g h t f r o m a n o t h e r f l a s h
s o u r c e a n d f i r e t h e S u b s t r o b e . T h u s t h e S u b s t r o b e
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b u l b p r o v i d e d i s a P R 2 0 a n d s h o u l d l i s t f o r a p p r o x . ' | 0 0 h o u r s . T h e o t h e r b u l b s I i s t e d P R 1 8 a r i d P R 1 2
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