Frank, we have the WEIN cells for $3.00us.
Frank van Lindert wrote:
> Although mercury batteries remain abundantly for sale here in Europe,
> I faced an unexpected personal shortage a few months back. At that
> moment I have put an old 357 silver cell in my OM-1. It fits rather
> well in the compartment. The silver cell came from an OM-4 and had not
> enough power left to operate in that, but the 1.33 volts it gave
> seemed enough for my OM-1. It has been in there now for three months
> (I had even forgotten I made this change), and the meter still reads
> 1.29 volts.
> It seems this is a perfect way of prolonging the life of old 357's...
>
> Now I come to think of it: there is a fair chance that an old 357 will
> last longer doing its overwork in an OM-1 than an expensive new Wein
> zinc-air cell, due to the latter's fast self-discharge...
>
> Frank van Lindert
> Utrecht - NL
>
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