Where can I get battery power pack(shell with recharchable batteries inside) for metz 45 cl series,good second hand,off market brand,or even geniune brand,thank you

When I rebuild my Metz 45 CT4, they were nickel cadmium batteries in AA size. Buy AA size Nickel Metal Hydride batteries in the highest milliamp hour you can buy. Sanyo Eneloop are the best on the market. You need the type with solder tags on them. They have to be arrange in a certain way. Diagram here

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Or you can have it rebuilt for $80.

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Battery Rebuild Pack 18 Volt NIMH 3.0Ah for HILTI SFB 180 SFB185 with TOPEND ... Metz MZ57656 REBUILD SERVICE NiMH BATTERY 76-56 for 76 MZ-5 Flash.


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Metz 45-40 consist of 6 nos of NiCd - AA size batteries connected in series. These battery packs can be rechanged by resoldering new set of AA size rechargable Nicd battries. Care should be taken not to short circuit the cells when disassembling and assembling the cells. Keep a note (sketch) of the connections of the cells, specially the longer connecting metal strip and the polarities of cells. re-solder the new set of AA size NiCd Batteries. If the old wires were corroded, use new wires' If the connecting terminals also corroded' clean it. If it is severely corroded, get it plated prior to fixing for better performance.. There is an charging indicating lamp which also control the charging current of the batteries. check its connections and solder it if required. I wish you got the answer for your problem.
H.D. Shirantha.

AA Size Alkaline manganese batteries better for 45 Battery Holder.
H.D.Shirantha

If the shoe of the flash is compatible with the hot shoe of the camera then yes go for it. Should the flash shoe be different then the flash will still work but with a shoe adapter. Both are TTL so I see no reasons why they won't work. I do know of a friend who uses the Nikon with the same flash but it has the battery pack fitting and uses an adapter on the camera's hot shoe. He does weddings galore and never had a problem even though he carries a spare he has never used it.

it will take 4 to5 hr to charge the neon will be bright when the battery are weak the neon will be Dim when the battery are charge

Hi elepant,

I haven't seen a 202, but if it's the same as the later 45 series, then looking into the bottom of the flash, the top pin at the round end is positive, the left one half way down is the negative for 7.2V NiCDs and the bottom right one, lowest down in the square corner, is the negative for 9V alkaline batteries. I've used NiCds and NIMH batteries with no problems,connected to the alkaline pins, it's just a tapping on the power supply transformer to compensate for the NiCDs having a lower voltage. There's also a 0.2 ohm resistor inside some of the Metz 45 models, in series with the NiCd negative line, probably to limit the initial current. I've had no problems at all over 24 years, with using NICds or NIMH on the alkaline connections, in an alkaline battery holder.

Regards,

Neil

I had that same problem also, but mines was temporarly. Ik think the condensor inside the Metz has to regeneratie (recover) itself by using with a full charged fresh batteries. The high freq. sound is normal. (although not to loud) after a 5 MINUTES the orange bulb should light up. How more u used how better the start-up time. My old Metz start-up time was around 40 sec. and now ot is within 7 sec.

Have it serviced, or sell it. The culprit of this malfunction is either a faulty quench capacitor, of high capacitance and voltage, but small physical size, or a thyristor. Both are made of "unobtainium", can only be cannibalized from organ donors.

You can rig that fella up for a better power.

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