Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/03/09
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 10:49 AM 1999-03-09 -0500, Keith St John wrote: >It is my understanding that PX 625(mercury) battery is the only battery >to be used in Leica meters, not the alkaline EPX625's. The EPX625 will >end up frying the circuit board of the meter. This isn't true. The MR's will function quite nicely with the Alkaline or Silver-Oxide cells. They retain their accuracy and don't seem to suffer from loss of accuracy as the battery wears out. I believe they have an inbuilt voltage regulator to ensure this accuracy but this was challenged three or four years back on the LUG, and we never seem to have gotten a final word. In any event, I run mine on silver-oxide PX76's, bushed to fit, and haven't had any problems. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!