SB-800 damaged due to battery leak

feetless · 25th July 2008

Hi guys, my SB-800 is damaged due to battery leak. Im using GP 2700.

Suspected reason:
1) i dropped my GP batt before
2) i shoot in the rain and my SB-800 maybe accidently kenna water, but is not very likely,
because i use an umbrella that day.

Anyone knows what might be the problem?

i am bringing my SB-800 next week to NSC. Hope warrenty covers my issue.

yummyz · 25th July 2008

Maybe its time to buy SB-900?

zaxh81 · 25th July 2008

always remove your batteries when not using the speedlight.

kkcharles82 · 26th July 2008

bro, dd you store the flash when it leaked and was the batteries charged or discharged? From previous experience, rechargeables tends to leak when damaged so dropping them is not good. If you see your batteries having a flat edge due to a drop, downgrade them to non-critical use, i.e. not in photography

. The second thing is that, I think GPs are overall poor in quality, i have given up on them after their 9V rechargeables failed, their AA and AAA also did not last anywhere near 200 charges. But thats just me. As for warranty, highly unlikely that NSC will cover for you as it is really "abuse" to them.. sad case.

feetless · 26th July 2008

Originally Posted by yummyz

Maybe its time to buy SB-900?

haha, already did so. no choice, hv to shoot tomorrow.

Originally Posted by zaxh81

always remove your batteries when not using the speedlight.

yah, realli a lesson learnt

Originally Posted by kkcharles82

bro, dd you store the flash when it leaked and was the batteries charged or discharged? From previous experience, rechargeables tends to leak when damaged so dropping them is not good. If you see your batteries having a flat edge due to a drop, downgrade them to non-critical use, i.e. not in photography . The second thing is that, I think GPs are overall poor in quality, i have given up on them after their 9V rechargeables failed, their AA and AAA also did not last anywhere near 200 charges. But thats just me. As for warranty, highly unlikely that NSC will cover for you as it is really "abuse" to them.. sad case.

i've lost fate in GP batts. Now using eneloop. as for the warrenty, i try to hide it from them. haha

chngpe01 · 26th July 2008

Originally Posted by feetless

haha, already did so. no choice, hv to shoot tomorrow.

yah, realli a lesson learnt

i've lost fate in GP batts. Now using eneloop. as for the warrenty, i try to hide it from them. haha

If you want to hide from NSC you should not be posting in this public form cos it is visible to everyone, including manufacturers

25th July 2008	#1
feetless Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Posts: 688	SB-800 damaged due to battery leak Hi guys, my SB-800 is damaged due to battery leak. Im using GP 2700. Suspected reason: 1) i dropped my GP batt before 2) i shoot in the rain and my SB-800 maybe accidently kenna water, but is not very likely, because i use an umbrella that day. Anyone knows what might be the problem? i am bringing my SB-800 next week to NSC. Hope warrenty covers my issue. __________________ Revival

25th July 2008	#2
yummyz Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 54	Re: SB-800 damaged due to battery leak Maybe its time to buy SB-900? __________________ ;) Nikon D200 \| Nikon 55-200mm VRII \| Sigma 17-70mm \|Nikon 50mm F1.4

25th July 2008	#3
zaxh81 Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2003 Location: Earth Posts: 4,383	Re: SB-800 damaged due to battery leak always remove your batteries when not using the speedlight.

26th July 2008	#4
kkcharles82 Member Join Date: Oct 2006 Location: Singapore Posts: 259	Re: SB-800 damaged due to battery leak bro, dd you store the flash when it leaked and was the batteries charged or discharged? From previous experience, rechargeables tends to leak when damaged so dropping them is not good. If you see your batteries having a flat edge due to a drop, downgrade them to non-critical use, i.e. not in photography . The second thing is that, I think GPs are overall poor in quality, i have given up on them after their 9V rechargeables failed, their AA and AAA also did not last anywhere near 200 charges. But thats just me. As for warranty, highly unlikely that NSC will cover for you as it is really "abuse" to them.. sad case.