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Re: [OM] OM4 Question

Subject: Re: [OM] OM4 Question
From: "Terry and Tracey" <foxcroft@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 9 Feb 1998 18:11:47 +1100
> Even given the above warning I will stick my neck out and state that 
> the advice given below is incorrect in terms of the amount of current 
> to be measured by at least several orders of magnitude.  You will 
> want to be measuring a few milli amps, not amps!   ;-)
> 
> A few hundred amps out of a button cell?  -    Patent it quick!
> 
> Giles

Yeah, I want one of these to start my car. Great battery. No wonder everyone
recommends SR44s!!!

Foxy


>  How can
> > >I tell if a used OM4 I'm considering has already had the new circuit
> > >installed? 
> > 
> > If your dealer is particularly helpful, he might let you measure the
> > drain on the battery with a digital ammeter once it has powered down.
> > If it is the original circuit it is likely to be of the order of 10A or
> > so - it should be much less than 1A with the new circuit.  When you
> > first make the circuit with the meter the OM-4 will be fully powered of
> > course, with a drain of several hundred A, so you need to wait for it
> > to power down.
> snip
> 
> > Kennedy
>  
> 
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