Anything below 2.8V causes the beloved "shutter lock".
John
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----- Original Message -----
From: <HI100@xxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, October 23, 1999 5:45 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] OM-2n trouble solved!
> wright@xxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>
> << Also, to prevent backwards battery problems, a diode would have been
placed
> in series with the black wire (negative terminal). That way, insert the
> battery wrong, no current flows, nothing works or is damaged. This was
> between negative and the chassis (+), which is strange. >>
>
> Dirk,
> The problem here is with only 2 cells (~3V) reducing the supply to 2.4V
by
> adding a series diode leaves very little voltage to run the amplifiers.
So
> the reverse connection diode is a good compromise protecting the
amplifiers
> from user error and not throwing away the nvery limited supply resources.
>
> Tim Hughes
> Hi100@xxxxxxx
>
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