By friday last I had received both the battery pack that I had bartered for with Andre and the Ni-Cd batteries that I had ordered from DigiKey. Armed with Rob Studdert's instructions I tore into the battery pack and found things pretty much as described except:
Problem: Batteries inside were not 1/3 AA but rather 1/3 A! (Careful reading would have revealed this fact). This subtle distinction was lost on me after the thread of ni-cd versus ni-mh of a couple of weeks ago through which I was sure reference was made to 1/3AA. We proceed cautiously. Observation: Cotton buds are Q-tips in North America. And yes, the black foam goo that holds the original batteries in place cleans up really quite easily with alcohol and cotton swabs. Resolution: 1/3AA packs can be made to fit into battery pack with some effort but it is not as clean as I would like it to be. The 1/3AA are slightly longer and slightly narrower than the 1/3A's and the packs fit when they are skewed sideways slightly. Now I will have to wait several years until this set of batteries times out and it is time to replace them again. Conclusions: i) I should be more patient in the future and order parts as I am certain of what is required. ii) The Ni-cd battery pack is a nice alternative to the T-handle battery pack. - 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 .
