I have the very old brown one, and it works fine with silver oxide batteries. I suspect that it was originally equipped with mercury batteries. Paul
> > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Don Sanderson" > Subject: RE: Spotmeter V > > > >I just checked the manual and your right, it specifies > > Mercury. > > However it says 1.5 volt so a Silver Oxide should work > > fine as long as it fits. > > If you'll measure the size of one I'll compare ot to an > > SR-44 to be sure it's the same size. > > > Odd. I just checked a couple of other forums, and apparently, early > Spotmeter Vs use mercury batteries, later ones use silver oxide. > I suspect that the very old ones (they had the brown body) will use > mercury batteries, and the later gray bodies will use silver oxide. > My very old gray one took silver oxides for sure. > > William Robb > >
