Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/01/15
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Ed, I have to believe there is someone in China producing this chemistry, although I am suspicious of the price! If there is not now I'm sure there will be. Did the cell say Mercury on it? The Chinese make Zn-air, which is often labeled 1.35 volts. We have a guy who sells to the far east and I have finding out if anyone is making mercury cells on his to do list. Unfortunately, there is no application for my product in mercury cells. The problem will then be that we can''t buy them in most of the "developed" countries. BTW I operate a lot of my Leicas on Zn Air. They work great and they are cheap! Bruce Bowman Killingworth, CT Ps sorry for all of the misspelling in my prior posts, my spell checker was turned off. In a message dated 1/15/00 2:09:28 PM Eastern Standard Time, ed.buziak@camera-and-darkroom.co.uk writes: << Bruce, I don't know if this sheds any light, or even helps LUGgers, but I'm in the UK and until very recently have bought from a couple of camera dealers (for my, ahem, Nikon Fs) Chinese made "Long Life Watch Cell" batteries for £1 each (say 65 cents). They are in black and orange tear-off bubble packs and the identification type is stated as "HD1560/1.35V" followed by the "MR9 / EPX635, etc" equivalents. They may thus be still available... or, old stock! >>