POOR choice of subject title.
Bryan Pilati
OM-2N
Va
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tris Schuler" <tristanjohn@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 06, 2002 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Caution on John Hermanson
>
> Here's a question, John. What is the potential for lithium ion technology
> for power packs and such down the road? Is it theoretically viable, is the
> only stumbling block getting these units in shapes and sizes which would
> accommodate various electronic devices?
>
> Tris
>
> >And the unfortunate side of NiMH batteries is that they still don't make
a
> >1/3A that would be needed to make up clusters for the nicad pack.
> >
> > > I shouldn't take sides and won't. But to be fair, let me quickly
relate
> > > another side of John and how he operates his business.
> > >
> > > The long and short of it is I had him overhaul a power pack for one of
my
> > > motor drives, and while he had it I asked if he'd put NiMH batteries
in
> > > there instead of NiCd's. He was reluctant to do so (in fact he used to
run
> > > a short article on this issue on his site, and it's probably still
there)
> > > but finally relented (I wanted to use this as a test--I've three other
> > > power packs with NiCd's in them) and sent me the reworked unit. All
was
> > > well this summer in Spain for a coupe of shoots, but when I went to
> > > recharge this pack it wouldn't work. When I returned from vacation I
sent
> > > it back to John and asked him to see what was wrong with it. He
responded
> > > that one of the NiMH cells were bad.
> > >
> > > Bottom line is that he ate the cost of his mistake (to let me talk him
> >into
> > > using NiMH's instead of NiCd's) even though he could have easily
charged
> >me
> > > for another repair job (in fact, I told him to do so if he thought
that
> >was
> > > proper, but he sent it back to me gratis).
> > >
> > > Now, does that sound to anyone out there like a man who stops short of
> > > giving good service? To me it does not. I've no special interest here
in
> > > either party but I must say my dealings with John have been cordial
and
> > > happy, or at least from my end everything's okay. I know that within
my
> > > experience the work he does is topnotch. I wouldn't be surprised if
he's
> > > not perfect in some way, but then who is?
> > >
> > > I'd guess we could do a whole lot worse when it comes to OM repairs.
> > > Indeed, I have in the past. Haven't you?
> > >
> > > Tris
>
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