At 02:40 AM 3/4/2010, Richard Knoppow wrote: > I don't know what is included in "most" European >equipment. Certainly anything designed to work from alkaline >cells must have some sort of voltage regulator but one of >the advantages of mercury cells is that the output voltage >was stable enough not to need one. Regulators by nature must >dissipate some power so there is an advantage in battery >operated devices if you can eliminate the need for the >regulator. Yup. We are in agreement. Thanks, Richard. Marc msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir! --- Rollei List - Post to rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx - Subscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'subscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Unsubscribe at rollei_list-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the subject field OR by logging into www.freelists.org - Online, searchable archives are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/rollei_list