Can anyone sugges the correct resistor wattage and resistance (ohms) values?
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From: Chip Stratton <cstrat@xxxxxxxxxx>
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Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 8:49 AM
Subject: RE: [OM] Meter advice
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> Still, to tell the difference between a real mercury cell for your OM1 and
a
> counterfeit, you need a true voltmeter, not a common 'battery tester'.
>
> What might be really useful is a home-made 'battery tester' using a
> multimeter and an empirically derived resistive load to tell us if that
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> cell is close to failing in our OM-2S/OM4(T) bodies. We already know that
> the body's built-in tester won't warn of of impending demise.
>
> Chip Stratton
> cstrat@xxxxxxxxx
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