In a message dated 7/10/01 6:38:24 PM Pacific Daylight Time,
norcutt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx writes:
>snip<
> I have OM-1,
> OM-2, OM-G, and OM-PC in addition to my OM-2s's but the OM-2s is the
> favorite now that its battery hunger is in check. I could kick myself
> for banishing it to the closet for 8 years.
>
> The moral of the story is never, ever use anything other than a silver
> oxide battery. They are designed to put up with the small, continous
> current draw of a watch. That's exactly what the 2s, 3(T) and 4(T) do.
> Continuously draw a small current. Silver oxide will cure most of the
> problem even for the older current hungry 4's.
Thanks, Chuck. Well-put. Forwarded your post to the bro-in-law. I would
just add, if memory serves from reading recent posts, that apparently the
Eveready 357 is best of all the 1.5V silver oxides.
Rich
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