[Konvas] Crystal sync motors!!!

[Brandon Esten]

Ok, I'm freaking out. I think I just fried 2 crystal konvas motors!!!  
Help! Here is my story:

I had both motors running FINE last night and this morning off a 12v  
battery. Then I had both running fine off a 13v power supply this  
morning.

Then I started testing magazines to see which ran well on this camera  
body, and I learned something veeery important. I was using a Tobin  
Cinema speed checker (and a reel of dummy load sent to me by Bruce-- 
thanks Bruce!) and some mags worked fine, others loaded the motor  
slightly and caused a loss of sync. I was running my 4th mag which was  
running well, then I leaned my head against the mag while looking  
through the viewfinder at my speed checker and I lost sync big time as  
well as hearing a load on the motor. I immediately stopped the motor,  
unloaded the mag and dry ran the camera. It worked fine. Then I  
reloaded the mag and... Nothing. Nada! I tried my other motor:  
NOTHING. Then I started freaking and tried the battery. Nothing BOTH  
motors. I checked the motor fuses. Nothing visually indicating a blown  
fuse. Then I did something I will probably be called crazy for: I  
wrapped the fuses in aluminum foil to see if the motors would run  
(disconnected from the camera body). Nothing.

Holy moly, PLEASE tell me these motors are not burned out.

I know I used a 13v supply, but I was under the impression that was  
ok, esp because the power supply came with one of the Konvas cameras I  
bought.

Yikes! Help please!!!
Brandon

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On Mar 22, 2009, at 10:31, Adam Frey <thefirstrule at chainsawlinux.com>  
wrote:

> H. W. Stone wrote:
>> I finally got the Kino DVD of Hypocrites/Eleanor's Catch-- get it
>> while you can, it is a pair of mid "nineteen teens" (1915-1916)
>> movies, not "restored" but copied from the archive prints, a piano
>> score added, and presented in original cut and format.
>
> Thanks H.W. - I'll have to check them out.
>
> Speaking of which, I just read a paper from a student of mine. He  
> did a report on the 1931 German film: "Die Dreigroschenoper" or "The  
> Threepenny Opera" - which is based off a play. I shot a commercial  
> for the play version a few years ago and really enjoyed watching the  
> play.
>
> I haven't seen the film yet, but apparently it's pretty good also.  
> The student also pointed out that it has that weird, pre-academy,  
> 1.19:1 aspect ratio. Btw: It's in German with subtitles.
>
> Anyway, just thought you might be interested in checking it out as  
> well. I know I am...
>
> Cheers,
>
> Adam Frey
> Director/Cinematographer
> Crimson Chain Productions
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