Walt,
You are a genious!! I now have a project for the weekend. Mini Maglight
replica 'penlight' (2xAAA or 2X AA batteries). Brilliant. Thanks
Neal
At 04:38 AM 20/09/2001 -0700, you wrote:
>On Thu, 20 September 2001, Neal Jones wrote:
>
>>
>> I was thinking of making a 3v supply in a flash bracket handle, connecting
>> the wires to a 'dummy' (maybe wooden or plastic) 'battery' inside the
>> battery compartment. It would require drilling a small hole in the
>> compartment screw cover for the wires. An on/off switch would be built in
>> to the flash bracket.
>>
>
>I have briefly toyed with the same scheme for a battery-eating OM-4. My
plan has been to modify a two-cell penlight ("torch" I think it's called
across the pond), making use of the on/off switch already on it, and
attachiing it to the tripod socket. Let us know the results.
>
>Walt Wayman
>
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