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Subject: [OM] Re: BLM-1 battery terminal covers?
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2006 09:04:24 -0400
Do you have a link for where you bought the Energizer equivalents?
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John Hermanson
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Lawrence Woods wrote:
> I wanted spare batteries for my new E-1.  To avoid both the
> high price of Oly's BLM-1 battery and the dubious quality of
> no-name batteries, I got a couple Energizer ER-D510s.  
> 
> The batteries came without plastic covers to cover the
> terminals when the battery is not in use. Given the dire
> warnings about accidental shorting that came with the original
> BLM-1, I want to throw out a couple questions.
> 
> Is it indeed, as I suspect, a bad idea to have batteries with
> uncovered terminals rattling around in a camera bag or a pocket?
> 
> If so, how can I store and carry unused rechargeable batteries
>  safely?  I don't think  that putting each battery in a small
> plastic bag is clever enough.  Bags tear, and are easily lost
> or blown away.
> 
> This last question might be an indirect way of asking where I
> might find spare terminal covers for BLM1-size batteries if
> there isn't an alternate clever suggestion.  
> 
> Thanks.
> 
>      
>      ----- Larry Woods
>            lmwoods@xxxxxxx
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