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Re: [OM] Mercury Battery Option

Subject: Re: [OM] Mercury Battery Option
From: Morgan Sparks <msparks@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 19 May 1999 10:36:53 -0400
Bov, Frank wrote:

> For those of us with environmentally challenged (OM-1) cameras, I just
> realized there's an excellent short-term alternative to high-priced internet
> vendors (list members excluded) or power conversions - buy little Coleman
> key-chain lanterns, they're powered by 625 mercury batteries!

Despite the "625" markings, I don't think these are mercury cells.  I
picked up a few of these at Home Depot and they didn't last too long in
my Minolta SRT.  

Still, I would be very curious what the measured voltage of these is.

Morgan Sparks

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