76 type batteries

[T3D Bob Wier <wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

A brief note...

|
|The cell the camera requires is apparently a silver oxide #76.  I
|say this after checking the no load and load voltages of the cell
|supplied by the factory and measuring the cell diameter (.455")
|and thickness (.211").  This cell is sold as a Radio Shack SR44, a
|Burgess 76SO, an Eveready S76, an RCA VS1776, a NEDA 1107SO, a
|Ray-O-Vac RS76, or a Mallory MS76.  Nice to know you don't have to
|try to find an illegal Hg cell.  8-)
|

I have an old Casio calculator which I really like which specifies a
76 type cell. When it needed a new battery recently, I went to Wal-Mart,
looked up the cross reference and got a 44 type replacement. Suprise. It
did NOT work! ALL of the cross reference guides specified that replacement.

I finally wound up at the watch/hearing aid counter at Walmart and they
have a SPECIFIC 76 type replacement cell (with 76 in the number). That one
worked. Unfortunately I don't have the specific numbers with me at the
current time, but I'll post 'em when I get back to Texas...

THANKS

    ====== wier@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ======
  10:39 AM Friday, December 27, 1996
   keeper of the Photo-3d, Motorola
 MC68HC11, Overland-Trails, LDS State
Research Outline Guides and other stuff
     (currently in Ouray, Colorado)



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