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Re: [OM] Old selenium cell meters

Subject: Re: [OM] Old selenium cell meters
From: "Wayne Harridge" <wayne.harridge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2013 21:59:57 +1000
Thanks Chuck, I might give my 2 Westons a dose, shouldn't do any harm even
though they seem to be working ok, might even prevent the onset of problems.

...Wayne

> 
> Got any old cameras or meters using selenium cells?  I ran across this
trick this
> morning on the Yahoo camera-fix list.  Maybe some day I'll try it on my
non-
> metering first ever camera... a Petri 7s.
> 
> "One other tip for anyone with any selenium cell light meter if you
haven't
> used it for a while, is to leave it in room light (NOT bright or
> sunlight!!!) running for a week or two... George said that the cells
develop
> oxides while sitting in the dark that will "burn off" when exposed to
light, and
> give the proper output to the meter movement... He would take any
> selenium meter brought in for calibration, and give it light exposure for
a
> week before any tweaking... "
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
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