[Leica] help me electrocute myself and destroy my new camera!

[s.dimitrov at charter.net (slobodan dimitrov)]

This is the charger you want. It will charge any battery out there.
It will also discharge batteries, if you choose to do so, Taking care  
of the memory problems.
I have one for my Rollei batteries.
s.d.
http://www.zbattery.com/s.nl/it.A/id.1475/.f


On Dec 14, 2007, at 9:40 AM, Kyle Cassidy wrote:


I know that 8% of you are electrical engineers and 14% of you would  
like to see my camera catch fire -- so let me pose what I'm sure will  
be a question of general interest.

I recently acquired the Leica D1h you've all heard so much about in  
the media -- but it came with no battery charger. Chargers on ebay  
and Amazon, sell for $75 or $150 -- which is absurd. My question is  
this:

Can I go to radio shack and buy a battery charger whose output is  
equal to or less than 8.7v 1.4a (the specs of the dedicated Leica  
charger) and just alligator clip the positive terminal on hte charger  
to the positive terminal on the battery, do the same with the  
negative, and eschew the $80 proprietary connector?

Thanks!

Kyle (next to the smoking house)

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