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Re: [OM] How I shut down OM4Ti and OM3 ?

Subject: Re: [OM] How I shut down OM4Ti and OM3 ?
From: Richard Ross <richard@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Jul 1999 20:52:56 +0100
John Hudson wrote
>What accounts for the continual draining of the batteries in the OM4T even
>when the display is off? 

The small amount of current necessary to keep alive the circuitry which
detects when you touch the shutter release to turn on the meter.  In an
OM-4T it's around 10uA, or less; not much, but enough to drain the
batteries in a few months.

regards
Richard


Richard Ross
Hemel Hempstead, England
rhdesign@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

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