Canon ex580 II Flash packed in then startred working again.....Any Ideas?

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We went to a halloween party last night. I was using the flash hapilly when the batteries ran out. So I changed em and carried on.

After a while I realised the flash had stopped firing. The flash was still on and triggering the red range finder beam but the flash itself would not fire. I noticed the Pilot light was off and decided the flash wasn't charging. I switched it off and left it an hour. No joy. I changed batteries again no joy.

Then half an hour later I switched it on and after a minute the pilot light came on the the flash worked. After that for the reset of the night I had no problems.

Has anyone else seen this? Was it user error? :shrug:
 
The manual states that you should not fire more than 20 continuous flashes.

If you do you should 'rest' the flash for 10min.

It also mentions a 'inner overheating prevention function' which extends the recycle time.

Maybe this ?
 
Could it be dirty contacts on camera hotshoe, I have experienced similar.
 
Never seen this happen before, if still within warranty, return it.
 
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