At 08:19 AM 2/15/98 -0800, you wrote:
>
>Dear Frank van Lindert et al,
>
>I purchased a few PX625 Duracell (replaces PX 13) 1.35 volt
>mercury batteries over a year ago.
625, or 625A? The "A" series has no mercury chemistry in it, and produces
1.5V, rather than 1.35v. I couldn't find any more mention of the 625 on
Duracell's web site.
The Olympus FAQ states that Olympus Corp. has told people that using the
1.5v replacements is "not a good idea." Either the meter reads wonky, or
the meter movement can burn out.
Seems like mercury or the MR-9 adapter from http://www.criscam.com are the
only two solutions. As it stands, I'm sending out some mercury cells to
one of the denizens of this list, who asked me in private e-mail. I don't
mind doing this for anyone else who has problems sourcing these cells (mind
you, our retailers in town only *have* so many of these in stock at any one
time...)
Ciao for now.
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