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> From: mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx [SMTP:mahlon.r.haunschild@xxxxxx]
> Sent: Sunday, October 25, 1998 9:35 AM
> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [OM] M15V Nicad pack charging time?
>
> Hi, everyone.
>
> Well, the NiCad pack saga has just about come to an end. The cell insert
> that I had made up by the Battery Works for $50 (a fine job, by the way,
> made with Sanyo cells) is back inside of the original M15V body. I did a
> "dry run" on the charger before final assembly and measured the charging
> current at 32 mA, which for the battery's 110 mAH capacity equates to a
> charging time of roughly 5 hours. Note that, for these cells, the
> standard
> charging rate would be 11 mA for 14 hours. I decided to live with it,
> since the original cells were obviously not rapid-charge, and to mentally
> remember to stick to a 5-hour charge time, but I was wondering what the
> original factory-recommended charging time is. If anyone else has the
> original instruction sheet for this beast, could you look this up for
> me?
>
> BTW, the MD1 absolutely FLIES! It's not worth it for an OM-2S, of course;
> that body can't run at full MD speed.
>
Better start looking out for a 250 exposure back Mahlon !
...Wayne
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