FED Boy Battery

[T3D Bob Aldridge <bob.aldridge@xxxxxx>]

Bob Wier wrote:

-> 
->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

The battery will be an EPX 76 (= SR44, D357H, BS07) 

This is a Silver Oxide, high capacity device (170 mAh). Other "44" types
will have the same physical size but lower capacity. The voltage of
these others (1.5 volts nominal) will drop with the current drain of
calculators and cameras where the shutter is powered by the batteries
(eg Olympus OM series). 

The FED, however, (which is where this gets back on-topic) only uses the
batteries for metering - a low drain situation - so most 1.5 volt 44
types will work for a time, at least.

Bob Aldridge
Stereoscopic Society Projectionist
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