Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2002/07/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]flourescent light ballasts contain more mercury than your camera battery and yet (unless you are a contractor dumping hundreds) EPA rules etc allow them to be dumped in landfills - and hundred, probably thousands, are dumped every day - go figure.... tim > -----Original Message----- > From: owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > [mailto:owner-leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us]On Behalf Of Herbert & > Lee Kanner > Sent: Wednesday, July 24, 2002 1:23 AM > To: leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us > Cc: WDHightowe@aol.com > Subject: [Leica] OM-1 batteries > > > I'm posting this on behalf of a non-photographer friend. He has an OM-1, > whose mercury battery is still alive; the unavailability of mercury > batteries in the U.S. came as a surprise to him. I am not current on the > various alternatives; the cameras in my stable that use them (at least a > Rollei 35S and a Nikkormat) have long since been retired. So, what should > I advise him: conversion of his camera, some trick adaptor device, Wien > cell, smuggling in mercury batteries from Canada? I know that he would be > responsible about disposing of used mercury batteries at the hazardous > waste dump. > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Herb > -- > To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html > - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html