Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/11/08
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]apart from those illegal little mercury ones, which can apparently be damaged by freezing and may also last a shorter time when frozen than when just stored in a fridge (and don't ask me where I read the somewhat scientific report on that - it was a few years ago when they first started banning them...) tim - ----- Original Message ----- From: "B. D. Colen" <bdcolen@earthlink.net> To: <leica-users@mejac.palo-alto.ca.us> Sent: Thursday, November 08, 2001 12:07 PM Subject: Re: [Leica] Re: Freezing Polaroid Film > Jim says you are absolutely correct!! And that when said batteries are > warmed back up, they are rarin' to go...;-) > > B. D. > > "C.L.Zeni" wrote: > > > > I understand that it's not that they drain fast when they're cold, it's > > that their ability to produce current/voltage is severely impeded when cold... > > > > At 01:09 PM 11/8/2001, you wrote: > > >Okay, a serious question from me for you, Jim....If batteries drain so > > >fast when used at low temperatures, how is it that they can be frozen > > >and not drain? > > > > > >B. D. > > > > > >Jim Brick wrote: > > > > > > > > The Polaroid film for Polaroid backs (Leica, Hasselblad, 4x5, etc...), does > > > > not contain batteries. > > > > > > > > And you can certainly freeze batteries. I've kept a supply of strange > > > > battery versions, in my freezer, for years. They work when thawed. Like > > > > batteries for my Alpa 10D. > > > > -- > > Craig Zeni - REPLY TO -->> clzeni at mindspring dot com > > http://www.trainweb.org/zeniphotos/zenihome.html > > http://www.mindspring.com/~clzeni/index.html > > > > Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend. > > Inside of a dog, it's too dark to read. -- Groucho Marx > > > > -- > > 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 - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html