Most Home Depots (I prefer the local Hardware store) have wide selections of
rubber & nylon washers. Chose one with a 5/8" outer diameter, around a 1/2"
inner
dia. and almost any thickness up to 3/32" and that'll do the trick.
John
Joel Wilcox wrote:
> 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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