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Re: [OM] Motor Drive 1 battery drain

Subject: Re: [OM] Motor Drive 1 battery drain
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 02 Jun 1998 09:44:33 -0400
There is a circuit in the head if the 18V grip.  I would have to test it
but that is problem the gremlin.

John

MR THOMAS N CURLEE wrote:

> John:
>
> I thought the same thing (corrosion) so I checked the battery holder
> with a DVM.  The batteries are really dead dead dead. So dead that
> some actually read negative with a DVM. I've never seen alkaline
> batteries with a negative output. I took the drive off the camera
> when the camera I just sent you jammed and left it setting with
> batteries installed.  I -may- have left the switch in the ON position.
>   Otherwise I didn't do anything unusual.  It was dead when I tried
> to test it with the repaired camera.
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Tom
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