Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 1999/06/18
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]At 04:27 PM 6/18/99 +0200, Nathan Wajsman wrote: >??? what is a voltage regulator, and does the Leicaflex SL have one of those? Mercury batteries have a remarkably flat discharge curve: they "keep on keepin' on" until they die. Other battery compounds discharge more gradually, so that there is a slow tapering off of the power output. Electronic gear which includes an electronic circuit (called a "voltage regulator" or "compensated circuit") to accomodate a gradual power-discharge curve will allow the use of silver-oxide or alkaline cells. The Japanese tended to design their gear just to use the flat discharge curve of the mercury cells and not to include such compensated circuitry. I haven't a clue as to whether the SL includes such, but would suspect it does, as most German and Russian gear seems to have compensated circuits. Marc msmall@roanoke.infi.net FAX: +540/343-7315 Cha robh bas fir gun ghras fir!