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Re: [OM] OM 1 battery choices

Subject: Re: [OM] OM 1 battery choices
From: Joel Wilcox <jowilcox@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 12 Oct 1998 06:32:13 -0500
At 09:56 PM 10/11/1998 -0500, Mark you wrote:
>
>Speaking of battery conversions for the OM-1(N), I had my done by Photosphere
>about 1.5 years ago.  It works great, but they put an alkaline 625 battery
in and said
>to just change it once a year.  That is because of the discharge
characteristics
>of Alkalines.  I asked if I could but a Silver Oxide Cell in and they said
"Yes".
>
>The thing I worry about is that the battery compartment is still sized for
the 625
>type cells (big).  I wonder if putting a SR44 in there would let it shift
around.  I
>understand Camtech does a similar conversion and from what I've read, it
>sounds like some kind of adapter is put into the battery chamber to allow
>the SR44 sized cells to fit properly.  If that is the case, is that
adapter something
>I can get and put into my battery compartment?
>
>Thanks in advance.
>
>
>Mark Hammons
>
Mark,

Camtech's conversion involves a "sizer" that is permanently fixed so that a
SR44 fits and doesn't shift around. It is not meant to be removed. You
could probably make something that would work with a drill and plastic disk
of some kind ...

Good luck.

Joel

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