http://zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/archives/1998/msg00088.html has an exhaustive
discussion.
I bought some from a few months ago from:
Kenmore Camera, 18031 67th Avenue NE, P.O., Box 82467, Kenmore, WA 98028
http://www.kcamera.com/
But yesterday they said that they no longer had any 1.35V batteries, but did
have Wien cells or a $40 adapter.
I've also used the Wien cell replacements successfully. You can get them
from several sources, including:
http://www.keh.com/links/link_porters.html
My next ploy is buy an adapter for each body from:
http://www.olympusguy.com/index.html
Nick Smoliga
SvT TF12 - Investment Projects
1103 Avenue B
Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1400
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve Pollock [SMTP:cyberoptix@xxxxxxxx]
> Sent: Monday, February 08, 1999 11:03 AM
> To: SMOLIGA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: RE: [OM] OM1n & PX625A
>
> Nick
> nope, never had any exp probs...
> maybe I've just learned to compensate after all these years...
> seriously, I'd have to guess that there is some limiting diode or what
> have
> you to deliver proper current to the meter
> do you still buy the mercury battery or have you done the conversion/got
> the converter?
> if you're buying the merc batt, what are you paying (approx) and where?
> best regards
> steve
>
>
> >In my OM1's the wrong battery gives wrong exposures by the match-needle.
> The
> >OM1's survived "un-fry'ed" electrically. Isn't the exposure off in your
> >OM1n's that use the wrong battery?
> >Nick Smoliga
> >SvT TF12 - Investment Projects
> >1103 Avenue B
> >Arnold AFB, TN 37389-1400
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: srp [SMTP:cyberoptix@xxxxxxxx]
> >> Sent: Saturday, February 06, 1999 11:57 AM
> >> To: olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> >> Subject: [OM] OM1n & PX625A
> >>
> >> z'holics!
> >> I know this is a FAQed subject so please hold your BICs until I zip up
> my
> >> asbestos jumpsuit ;-)
> >> I've been using a PX625 battery in my OM1n(s) for many years without
> >> incident. I do not own the converter mentioned in the FAQ. An OM1n I
> just
> >> bought also had one installed.
> >> Just wondering despite Olympus' warning, per the FAQ, how many of you
> >> heedlessly use this battery?
> >> Are some OM1ns more resistant to electrocution??
> >> Wishing you all my beautiful winter-blue Mojave sky!
> >> /srp
> >>
> >>
> >>
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