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Re: [OM] OM2/2s battery cap compatibility - was: Cold Weather Battery Ho

Subject: Re: [OM] OM2/2s battery cap compatibility - was: Cold Weather Battery Holder #2 for OM3/4 wanted
From: "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Wed, 9 Feb 2000 09:19:05 -0500
The 2S cap swaps with the 3, 4, 4T, 4Ti etc.  It is also the same as the MD
cap.

John
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----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Norcutt <norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Buddy Walters <IRBWalters@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>; Olympus mail list
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Sent: Tuesday, February 08, 2000 10:58 PM
Subject: [OM] OM2/2s battery cap compatibility - was: Cold Weather Battery
Holder #2 for OM3/4 wanted


> Buddy Walters asked:
> ... can someone tell me if the battery screw cap for the OM2 is the same
> as the OM2s spot?
> --------------------------------------
> No, it's not.  The OM2 cap is substantially larger than the OM2s cap.
> The OM2s uses 357 batteries and has an appropriately sized battery well
> and cap.  The OM2 bottom plate appears to be identical to the OM-1
> bottom plate.  The battery well and cap are sized as for the 625 battery
> (like the OM-1) but the size of the battery well is reduced for a 357
> battery by partially filling it with a plastic spacer.  I noted that the
> motor drive caps are interchangeable between the OM-1 and OM-2.  I can
> also place an OM-2 battery cap on an OM-1 but not vice-versa.  The OM-2
> battery cap has a "2" stamped inside.  Although the outside diameter and
> thread are identical in the two battery caps the OM-2 cap has a thinner
> wall in order to clear the plastic spacer in the battery well.  Not sure
> why they did this.  It looks like the battery caps could have been
> identical if the plastic spacer in the OM-2 had a 0.5mm smaller outside
> diameter.  My OM-PC and OM-G also appear to have large battery caps ala
> OM-1/2 but I have not checked them for interchangeability.
>
> Chuck Norcutt
> Woburn, Massachusetts, USA
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