Epic Dragon Keeps Dropping Power, Turning off

[Gabe LHeureux]

Hey Guys, last shoot my Epic Dragon would just fully turn off out of the blue. Usually didn't happen while recording tho. Wondering if anyone has had this problem? When I fiddle with plate, cables etc I can not make it happen so not sure what the deal is or location of the problem

-Noticed it with a couple different gold mount batteries. Even brand new ones (Socanland)

- Thinking it could be the Gold Mount to Red plate? Maybe mine is old? Camera only has 380hrs on it

- Lastly, thinking maybe it has to do with D Tap to 2 pin Lemo for the Cine 7 small hd monitor im running.

Anyone have any insight into this?

 

[Nick Morrison]

That plate and cable are good places to start.

If it's been working fine till now, then it could be something new added to power chain (cable), or something vulnerable to fail because lots of use (plate).

 

[Nikhil Kamkolkar]

Just to state the obvious, it's not going into power save mode, is it?

 

[Willem Berents]

Recently I experienced the same issues. First thing I checked was the V-mount plate (Wooden Camera). I took it apart and reassembled it (as far as possible...) The problem repeated itself. Then I checked the D-tapcable (Small Hd-Cable) ... Close inspection showed that the connector for the display had some damage. I caused a short circuit.
A new cable solved the problem.

 

[Mike McEntire]

Did you sort this out Gabe? If you want to try out different plates and cables I have some you can experiment with.

 

[Benjamin Kyle]

I'm having the same issue now, with my WC Dbox. Camera randomly restarting and powering down. I've removed all other accessories and no change. Dbox is intermittent in getting power to the camera. Any ideas?

 

[Alex Lubensky]

1. If you're using the Tilta Nucleus M motors and power them with the same battery as the camera - make sure they're calibrated. Because when not - they tend to do some overcurrent if they try to go past infinity or close focus - shutting down the camera and all accessories in this occasion.

2. Does the camera state some error happened? If so, it's a critical one and there's a short circuit somewhere on the internals

3. If there's no error, on which voltage does this happen? If it's something like 13.2 or 13.4 volts on a 100-150 Wh battery - the cause might be in the battery, especially if you're using some accessories like monitors etc on the same batt.