Keith Berry wrote:
>>We don't have mercury batteries here in Brazil. Can you show me where
>>I can find somenone through the web?
>
>There are some suspect 'mercury' batteries lurking out there for the unwary.
>I had a real mercury one from Gary Schloss - schloss@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx - (Las
>Vegas, USA).
(My apologies for the delayed response to the above -- I read the list in
digest mode.)
Thanks much to Keith for the plug. However, pls beware that the above
e-mail address is no longer active. Pls use instead my current address:
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxx
FYI, I still have plenty of mercury (Hg) batteries available, and so
pls feel free to inquire and purchase off-list.
A propos Hg cells, they are no longer manufactured in Europe. Pls
find below a letter from Varta (Germany). It is in response to an
inquiry, and was posted to another mailing list. I am reposting it
here without permission.
The original letter was in German, and I took the liberty to translate
it using an online language translator and tidbits of my own meager
knowledge. Our many esteemed native German speaking Zuiks should feel
free to offer a more complete and accurate interpretation. Here's
the post:
------- (begin IDCC post) -------
From: "Christian Totev" <chtotev@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <idcc@xxxxxxxx>
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2000 17:04:11 +0100
Subject: [IDCC] new info about V 625 PX
Hi folks,
last week I wrote to Varta Batteries asking about the chance of having a
replacement type for the V 625PX. This is the answer from the sales manager.
I haven't translated it. If there is need to i'll do it...
BTW I got some at my local store for about 3$
Christian
--------------------------------------------
Sehr geehrter Herr Dr. Totev,
die Batterie V 625 PX - wie auch alle anderen Quecksilberoxidbatterien -
wird von uns aufgrund der aktuellen Gesetzgebung nicht mehr hergestellt.
Eine europaweit geltende Batterierichtlinie verbietet den
Batterieherstellern das Inverkehrbringen von Quecksilberoxidzellen. Die im
Handel auf Lager befindlichen "Quecksilber-Zellen" darf der Handel jedoch
noch abverkaufen.
Für einige Typen der QUECKSILBER-Technologie gibt es "mechanisch" kompatible
Produkte in anderen elektrochemischen Systemen, die teilweise je nach
Anwendungsfall z.B. Fernbedienung, Foto, elektronische Spielzeuge,
Taschenrechner ...die Quecksilber-Technologie ersetzen können.
Bei einigen Ausnahmen, z.B. Fotoapperate und Belichtungsmesser, die auf die
systemspezifische Spannungslage von Quecksilberoxid in Höhe von 1,35 V
ausgelegt sind, gibt es keinen 100 0.000000E+00rsatz.
So produzieren wir zwar die baugleiche Alkali-Mangen-Zelle V 625 U (1,5 V);
durch die Spannungsabweichung kann es jedoch zu Funktions-ungenauigkeiten
(z.B. Fehlbelichtung) kommen.
Bitte kontaktieren Sie den Gerätehersteller mit der Frage, welche
Alternativen Sie für das entsprechende Gerät verwenden können, so daß ein
"Fehlverhalten oder Fehlfunktionen" auszuschließen ist.
Es tut uns leid, daß wir Ihnen diesbezeuglich keine positivere Antwort geben
können.
Für weiter Fragen stehen wir Ihnen gerne zur Verfügung.
Mit freundlichen Grüßen
Varta Gerätebatterie GmbH
Deutschland Handel
Marketing
i.A. Claudia Scheuermann
-------- (end IDCC post) --------
English translation from Babel Fish/AltaVista (edited by G.S.):
Dear Dr. Totev,
the V 625 PX battery, like all other mercury oxide batteries, is
no longer manufactured by us due to the current legislation.
Europe-wide official battery guidelines forbid the manufacturing and
marketing of mercury oxide cells by the European battery makers.
However, mercury batteries currently in stock may still be sold by
the individual retailers.
For some types of cells formerly made with mercury oxide technology
there are "mechanically" compatible products in other electro-chemical
systems, which can replace the mercury technology in devices such as
remote controls, photo, electronic toys, pocket calculators, etc.,
depending on the application.
There are some exceptions, e.g. photo cameras and exposure meters,
which are designed for the system-specific voltage output by mercury
oxide at the value of 1.35 V. For these devices there is no 100 percent
compatible substitute.
FYI, we produce an identically constructed alkaline cell V 625 U (1.5 V);
however pls beware that the voltage descrepancy can cause functional
inaccuracies (e.g. false exposures).
Please contact your equipment manufacturer with the question, which
alternatives are appropriate for your particular device, so that a
failure or any malfunctions can be avoided or prevented.
We are sorry that wat precent time we cannot provide you with a more
positive (helpful?) response.
We are at your service with further questions and inquiries.
Yours sincerely,
Varta Device Batteries GmbH
Germany trade marketing
on behalf of Claudia Scheuermann
(End translation.)
Cheers,
/Gary Schloss.
schloss@xxxxxxxxxxx
Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
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