Olympus-OM
[Top] [All Lists]

Re: [OM] Which camera?/ Sticky needle in OM 1

Subject: Re: [OM] Which camera?/ Sticky needle in OM 1
From: John Hermanson <omtech@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1998 09:49:10 -0400
Almost every OM-1, 1N battery box I open has "sweat" in it.

John

Christopher Biggs wrote:

> ONLYOLYBW@xxxxxxx moved upon the face of the 'Net and spake thusly:
>
> > I was told that a wire / solder connection from the battery in OM1's can
> > deteriorate and drop the voltage which caused the needle to stick.
>
> This makes sense.  My OM-1 has had it's battery wire reconnected at
> least once already.  The wire itself was very old and brittle and had
> snapped at/near the battery terminal.  It is probably not a happy
> conductor at the other end either.
>
> When I fixed it (remove bottom panel, spot broken wire, reattach wire,
> wipe brow), I didn't go further into the camera, as I am (probably
> quite rightly) frightened off by John's horror stories of self-repair
> disasters.
>
> Chris.
>
> --
> | Christopher J. Biggs -|- R & D Software Engineer,  Stallion Technologies |
> | chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx -|- VoiceNet. +61 7 3270-4266  Fax. +61 7 3270-4245 |
> | 33 Woodstock Rd Toowong, Queensland 4066, AUSTRALIA | PGP & MIME Mail OK |
> \--------veni vidi nuclei deceiri --- I came, I saw, I dumped core---------/
>
> < This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
> < For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
> < Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >




< This message was delivered via the Olympus Mailing List >
< For questions, mailto:owner-olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >
< Web Page: http://Zuiko.sls.bc.ca/swright/olympuslist.html >


<Prev in Thread] Current Thread [Next in Thread>
Sponsored by Tako
Impressum | Datenschutz