Connecting Flash Units To Your Vagabond Mini Lithium - Paul C. Buff Vagabond Mini Lithium Quick Start Manual

Connecting Flash Units To Your VAGABOND MINI™ LITHIUM
1. Connect your flash unit(s). Plug your Paul C. Buff™ flash unit / power pack into
one of the power outlets on the front panel of the inverter.
With the 120V Vagabond Mini™ Lithium system, you will use the three-prong
power cord provided with your standard Paul C. Buff™ flash unit (the UPC15
15-foot power cord). We additionally offer an optional 25-foot cord (UPC25) and
an optional 3-foot cord (VM-UPC3-120V). Optional cords are sold separately,
available on our website (http://www.paulcbuff.com/powercords.php).
With the 230V Vagabond Mini™ Lithium system - to connect an Einstein™ unit or
a 220V AlienBees™ unit - we offer a 15-foot power cord (VM-UPC15-230V) and
a 3-foot power cord (VM-UPC3-230V), both with standard IEC to three-pronged
Australian / Chinese Type I male connections. All 230V cords are sold separately,
available on our website (http://www.paulcbuff.com/powercords.php).
Connecting Multiple Flash Units: The system includes two grounded outlets, but the
system can be used to power up to four flash units via a multi-outlet extension
cord or power bar. The more flash units / power packs and total true watt-
seconds that are connected, the longer the recycle times. The practical limits
are based more on the total amount of wattseconds being cycled than on the
number of units. The largest practical load for the system is dependent on
the particular flash units and power settings. Heavy loads can be expected to
reduce the efficiency and will likely reduce the recycle rate.
2. Turn off your modeling lamps. Set the modeling lamp(s) on your flash unit(s) to
the OFF position. The system is not designed to operate modeling lamps con-
tinuously. This would deplete the battery rapidly, cause slow recycle times and
could overheat the inverter if modeling lamps over 120 Watts are used. It is per-
missible to operate modeling briefly to compose the lighting. Once the lighting is
composed the modeling lamps should be shut off. See the complete Warnings
section on pages 2 - 4 for more.
Note for Cyber Commander™ remote users: When using the Cyber Commander™
remote control and CyberSync™ receivers with flash units that are being
powered by the Vagabond Mini™ Lithium system, leave all modeling lamps turned
OFF with the model button on the back panel of each light in the "out" position.
For each light channel in the Cyber Commander™ remote however, ensure that
the MODEL function is set to FULL in the LIGHT SETTING menu.
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