Re: [OM]

[John A. Lind]

At 00:30 1/29/02, M.E. Bachofen wrote:
> Long ago, before I got my OM1n overhauled by Camtech, I got a little black 
> washer from the OlympusGuy Paul.  It is shaped like the outside of the 
> PX625 mercury battery or Wein cell.  You insert a zinc air hearing-aid 
> battery into it.  I've used it in everything I have that takes the Mercury 
> and it works great.  Just stuck it in my Gossen meter and checks 
> fine.  The hearing aid batteries each last about as long as a Wein cell 
> and cost muuch less.  A little pack of 5 is like $2-3.
> M.E. Bachofen
I have one and keep it (and some 675 Zinc-Air cells) as a spare to the MR-9's.

I received a private email recently asking about "PX625 Mercury Cell" 
solutions.  While preparing the reply outlining all the options I tried to 
find another source for these teflon rings without success.
:-(

-- John


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