With all the 200B talk, decided to dig out the 200B that was in storage. Not been used in many years. Battery is beyond knackered. The adhesive used to hold the battery pack together failed allowing the BP to come apart easy. Clipped off the long gone ni-cad battery, connected those battery wires to a 12V battery. The 200B screamed right up, powered up, ready neon bulb flashing. Flash triggered good on all three power settings. Let the 200B run for a while since it has not been on for so long.
No only are these 200B portable flash units reliable they are built with high quality US of A industry methods from years gone by.
Turns out the battery has ten 1/2 size "D" ni-cads making about 12VDC. This size ni-cad from that era would have about 2 amp.hour capacity.
The battery connections are as follows:
*Socket# 1 = Red wire, Battery positive (+).
*Socket# 2 = Black wire, Battery negative (-).
*Socket# 3 = Gray wire, Thermo switch welded to the battery's negative terminal along with the battery negative wire to the connector.
Knowing this is a good working Norman 200B, might consider using it to make some images. Stuff like "paint with light" in a dark interior, flashing the interior with the 200B exposing the film in specific areas with each flash.. or ???
Bernice
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