Nikon FE2 Motor Drive for $20

[steveclem]

Weird...the owner of the camera shop told me that on the motor drives, one has to "strike" it...shorting out the contacts with coin (quarter)...never heard of it but mine works fine without that!:angel:

Is this trying to short out a capacitor,is there such a thing in the motordrive?

 

[farlymac]

Is this trying to short out a capacitor,is there such a thing in the motordrive?

There probably is one, but it's there to keep the contacts from sparking. What you are doing when "stiking" the contacts, is getting the motor to activate through the rest of it's run, as it has stopped mid-stroke. One should always shut-off any motor drive before taking it off the body.

PF