Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1997/11/25

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Subject: Re: Need a hand with R4 Motor Winder
From: "Dan Post" <dwpost@email.msn.com>
Date: Tue, 25 Nov 1997 20:18:40 -0500

Resetting the Circuit breaker on the R motor drive is the same too- took me
a while to realize it!
- -----Original Message-----
From: David Young <youngs@IslandNet.com>
To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us>
Date: Tuesday, 25 November, 1997 7:55 PM
Subject: Re: Need a hand with R4 Motor Winder

>At 07:08 AM 24/11/97 -0800, you wrote:
>>Hello there.  I recently picked up an R4 motor winder for my R4s and I
>>don't have the manual for it.  It seems to work fine,  but when I get to
>>the end of the roll,  it just stops.  Is it supposed to rewind the film
for
>>me or am I just supposed to manually wind it back?  Any help would be
>>appreciated.
>>
>>Thanks
>>Gabe
>>
>>
>  Gabe:
>
>[1] The motor stops at 36 exp to prevent pulling the film out of the
canister.
>
>[2] On a 20 or 24 exp roll, it stops when the film is at at end. It tries
>to pull the film out of the cannister, but cannot do so, and usually trips
>the circuit breaker to stop.  To re-set the breaker, simply remove the
>battery holder for a second, and slip it back in.  It resets everything
>automatically.
>
>At least that's the way it is on my Winder R.  Your Winder R4 should be the
>same.
>
>Enjoy!
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>
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