Now take an old tooth brush or some like instrument and clean both thread surfaces (battery compartment and battery cover) thoroughly to remove any remaining alkaline salts (vinegar works...) and avoid having the battery leak again - you should be OK. You could also use a very little di-electric grease (also known as "bulb grease") to put a thin coating on the threads to help protect against the oxidized surfaces from bonding.
ppro > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Christian Skofteland > Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 9:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: Vinegar works! (was: Spotmatic Enabled) > > > > The battery compartment is pristine. It was just the threads that had seized > the cap to the baseplate. The contacts and wires look fine too when the > baseplate is off. I'm ordering new batteries today and should hopefully get > the new cover in a day or so. Fingers crossed that the meter works! > > Thanks > Christian > > On Thursday 21 February 2002 09:35, you wrote: > > Excellent news, how's the battery compartment look? Is it salvageable? > > > > Regards, > > /\/\ick... > > - > > 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 .
