Good idea. Never thought of that. Somewhere around here I even have a
two AA battery box from Radio Shack that has a couple of leads coming
out of it. But I'm not the guy that has to do the test.
Chuck Norcutt
Wayne Culberson wrote:
> Or you could just take a couple common AA's and and 2 small lengths of wire
> and give it a test? Most everyone has a couple AA's lying around.
> Wayne
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Chuck Norcutt" <chucknorcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, January 01, 2007 8:06 AM
> Subject: [OM] Re: Jammed OM-2s
>
>
>> This history of this list is replete with stories of folks who replaced
>> their batteries with "new" ones only to find that the "new" batteries
>> didn't solve the problem. What they didn't realize (until later) is
>> that the "new" batteries (for whatever reason) weren't in any better
>> condition than what they just took out.
>>
>> The moral of the story is that when "new" batteries don't work go out
>> and get another set of truly new *silver oxide* batteries. And if that
>> doesn't seem to work go to a completely different source and get another
>> set of *silver oxide* batteries so that you'll be guaranteed of getting
>> batteries from a different lot. Don't suspect the camera until after
>> you've replaced the batteries with *silver oxide* batteries from two
>> different sources.
>>
>> Very few devices of today use the *silver oxide* batteries needed by our
>> later OM's. They're getting harder to find locally and, I suspect, what
>> you do find may well be very old stock. So, don't trust a single source.
>>
>> Chuck Norcutt
>>
>> Darin wrote:
>>> Dag-nag-it! I was planning to sent my OM-1 to John for an overhaul this
>>> week, I don't wanna have to send the 2s in it's place.
>>>
>>> Anyone else have any ideas, please feel free to chime-in.
>>>
>>> Darin
>>>
>>> Moose wrote:
>>>> As I said, this is a very common problem, but if a reset and healthy,
>>>> new batteries don't fix it, you could have somethign more serious.
>>>>
>>>> Moose
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