Originally Posted by
almostpilot
Hello again.
Well, curiouser and curiouser...
Now both bases are working! I cannot for the life of me understand how, but yes, the base that has not worked for about 2 weeks suddenly started to work yesterday afternoon. And I also found that the cheap SEI can indeed be used, albeit with only two of the ND filters (the ones used for dark and medium brightness), as the ND filter for the brightest conditions does not slot in properly.
I have not done anything special, other than keep pressing the microswitch button. All I can think of is that by trying it again and again some gunge inside freed up. I did spray some Servisol S10 switch cleaning lubricant in there 2 weeks ago, when I first tried to get the SEI to work, but as I said it looked like it had not done the trick. Oh well, now I have 2 SEI meters, (and 3 spare bulbs!).
PS
As a test I switched bases again from one unit to the other, and yes they now both work, on both units.
Go figure!
I also wonder if storage has something to do with it. The first unit had been stored horizontally for months (maybe years) but in the last 2 weeks I kept it upright. Whon knows...
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