Form factor really isn't a problem. If you put the smaller 357 cell into the
OM1 battery compartment, it will work fine without anything else being done
despite its much smaller diameter. You might or might not need to bend the
spring a bit to push harder on the 357 cell to keep it from rattling
around - but in my OM1n that wasn't a problem.
Chip Stratton
>
> To the best of my knowledge, there is no such thing as a
> 357-chemistry battery with the form factor of a PX625 (the
> original mercury battery taken by the OM-1[n]). There *are*
> alkalines with the same form factor, however. If all that the
> mod is doing is changing the electrical characteristics without
> modifying the battery well's physical dimensions, then you're
> stuck using a battery with the same form factor as the original
> PX625 (which basically means PX625A's, that is, alkaline
> chemistry). On the other hand, if the battery well's physical
> dimensions are also modified, then you can use a "silver 76" type
> battery without problems (and the alkalines that have the form
> factor of a PX625 won't fit -- though ones with the form factor
> of a "silver 76" *will* fit).
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