While on a battery search for some quite old equipment a few months ago, I learned that Radio Shack carries a large number of batteries that can be ordered by phone, but which do not show up on their web site.
Otis Tonghang Zhou wrote: > I searched radio shack website and cannot find the catelog number > you mention for the small batter (#10282945), and if I remember > correctly, it's not 1.5v either, more like something 1.4v or > 1.3v. The model name is either 640 or 640A. I'm not sure. > > Does anyone know where to buy this battery? > > Regards, > Tonghang > > On Tue, 11 Dec 2001, Ken Archer wrote: > > > My 3/21 Spotmeter takes a 22.5 volt battery (#10048411 from Radio > > Shack) that looks like a smaller 9v battery. The smaller round battery > > is a 1.5 volt (#10282945 from Radio Shack). You can order them online > > from www.radioshack.com or through your local Radio Shack store. > > > > On Tuesday 11 December 2001 19:17, Len Paris wrote: > > > Ken, > > > > > > I still have mine, I bought it in Japan the first year Pentax > > > made them available. It used two mercury batteries, one of them > > > a 9-volt. I think a 9-volt lithium battery would work for that > > > one but the other mercury battery was an odd physical size and > > > nobody makes anything that will even fit the compartment. I > > > know because, as I say, I continue to search after all these > > > years. > > > > > > Len > > > --- > > > > > > > I don't know what you mean by "the original Pentax Spotmeter", > > > > > > but I > > > > > > > have a 3/21 that is about as old as any I know of and I found > > > > > > batteries > > > > > > > for it at Radio Shack through special order. > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > > > > > > - > > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > > > > -- > > Kenneth Archer + San Antonio, Texas > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ #24980801 > > Powered by Linux ++ Mailed by Kmail > > - > > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . > - > This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, > go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to > visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org . - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
