Premium Members Tyler Davis Posted August 17, 2021 Premium Members Report Share Posted August 17, 2021 I've asked around, and I believe the root of my problem is the power cable inside of the Zephyr sled is too small - can anyone confirm? Here's the situation - occasionally I fly my Amira on my Zephyr, and I power camera solely through a 3-pin to 8-pin lemo cable to reduce weight. I have two battery plates on my sled (one made by the excellent Jerry Holway!), but when I run two brand new full batteries, Amira only sees about 16v. I get a 12.5v warning when batteries are around 50% capacity. From what I've gathered, the Zephyr sled wiring is probably too thin to deliver a constant 24v to camera. I'm well aware on the limitations the Zephyr has and that I'm definitely pushing the limits with an Amira package, but I'm curious if anyone has a concrete answer (or workaround) for me Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jordan Sadler Posted August 19, 2021 Report Share Posted August 19, 2021 If you aren’t using the tiffen battery plate that can switch between 12/24 then you’re just running the sled at 12v with two batteries. The amira can run at 12v and you can just change the warning in the settings but it prefers 24v and the cable in the sled wont be pushing too much through 12v. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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