Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2006/05/20

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Subject: [Leica] Where to get replacement M6 battery cap?
From: aaron.sandler at duke.edu (Aaron Sandler)
Date: Sat May 20 20:12:57 2006
References: <6.2.1.2.0.20060520203941.3a914150@imap.duke.edu> <01bd01c67c7d$4b492980$6501a8c0@FrankDell2>
 
Interesting...I guess I didn't do a "good" tape job, b/c it's been working 
just fine since I started doing it, and the cap no longer loosens.

Moral: Do things half-a**ed, and all will be fine.

:)

At 10:21 PM 5/20/2006, you wrote:
>Do NOT do this.  The back contact of the battery flows through the cap to 
>the body.... ( Negative or positive, I forget).  A good
>tape job will prevent the battery voltage from reaching the electronics.
>
>Get the cap with the "screwdriver" slot.  Check frequently.
>
>Frank Filippone
>red735i@earthlink.net
>
>Next time try a little bit of that plumber's teflon tape they use to seal
>pipes...it won't mess anything up but it will hold the cap on.
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