But every new 4T circuit won't have the same battery drain characteristics.
John Hermanson
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----- Original Message -----
From: Scott Nelson <SNelson@xxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, April 25, 2000 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [OM] Drain rate for OM-4 -Reply
> I believe the test to determine if an OM-4 has the newer circuit is to put
it in
> battery test mode. If the tone stops after about 30 sec, it has the newer
> circuit.
>
> >>> "John Hermanson" <omtech@xxxxxxxxx> 04/25/00 09:37am >>>
> A 4 that has good drain has a 4T circuit in it. Thats the only thing that
> fixes an old high drain 4. All 4Ts should have good drain unless the
board
> has gone south for some reason.
>
> John Hermanson
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Rand E. <rtomcala@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Monday, April 24, 2000 10:38 PM
> Subject: Re: [OM] Drain rate for OM-4
>
>
> > John,
> > From the way you phrased "A good 4/4T is between. . . ", are you
> > saying that the "T" shares the suspect circuit board the same as the "4"
> > ?
> > Please say it ain't so ! I've been busting my rear hunting for a nice
> > 4T/Ti for a decent price to be able to avoid the battery drain problem.
> > I just bought a "4T" last Saturday feeling that I had avoided this
> > particular pitfall. And now you say this ? Please say it ain't so !
> > Rand E.
> >
> > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > >
> > > > John -
> > > >
> > > > Do you routinely test the drain of OM-4s that come in for service,
or
> is
> > > > this an additional service?
> > > >
> > > > Mike
> > > >
> > > >snip snip
> > > >
> > > > A good 4/4T is between 5-10 microamps. A bad 4 can be as high as 35
> > > > microamps.
> > > >
> > > > John Hermanson
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