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Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)

Subject: Re: [OM] That pesky battery question again (OM4T)
From: Garth Wood <garth@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 07 Jul 2001 17:12:51 -0600
At 02:45 PM 7/7/2001 -0500, you wrote:
>I had assumed that the battery in my OM4T (just bought used)
>were a two cell version of SR44s. The battery is a single-unit
>3V that fits the OM4T. The battery check function seems to
>indicate it is happy with this battery.
>
>I just pulled out my my magnifier, and the thing says
>"CR1/3N Li-Mn cell 3V Japan". So its a lithium cell.
>My multimeter give a no-load voltage of 2.94v.
>
>Is this battery O.K. for an OM4-T? Does it last longer/
>shorter than the silver oxide cells?


That's not the only issue: it has a different reference voltage under no-load 
conditions, which means the metering will have some error introduced to it.  
(Two SR44's would read approx. 3.10 volts under no load.)  I used some of these 
cells for awhile, and found that they always died relatively quickly in my OM-4 
-- and before they died, I'd get more "odd behaviour" out of the camera.

Garth


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