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Subject: [OM] OM-PC battery problem
From: Jarno Verhoeven <J.Verhoeven@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 10:22:01 +0100
Yesterday, Scott wrote: 

>Last week (I think exactly a week ago today) I loaded a fresh set of
>Energizer 357s into an OM-PC body I have. <snip>
>Two days ago (Saturday) I picked the body up to explain something about it
>to my dad, switched it to "check" and got nary a peep out of it. Checking
>the batteries with a meter shows them to be totally discharged.<snip>
>I've not heard of battery "eating" with the OM-PC, but I'm admittedly less
>familiar with it than other OM models.


Actually, it's a common problem. There are a couple of people on this list,
including myself, who encountered this failure.
I haven't gotten around to fixing this problem (just bought another body)
but I will one of these days. 
According to a number of people the problem is a sticking electromagnet wich
is located in the bottom of the camera, jou get to it by removing a cover
plate under the mirror. Look in the archives for a more detailed description
of this problem.



Greetings,

Jarno

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