[rollei_list] Re: OT: Selenium Meters
- From: Peter J Nebergall <iusar4s@xxxxxxxx>
- To: rollei_list@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:35:26 -0500
I have ruined several meters by leaving them in areas of too much heat.
I'm sure I'm not the only one...
P.J. Nebergall
On Fri, 21 Apr 2006 17:33:44 -0400 Marc James Small
<msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> At 02:25 PM 4/21/06 -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote:
> >Marc
> >
> >I have discussed this with George Milton several times
> >over the years and he agrees that the major environmental
> >causes of derogation are moisture and temperature. Now
> >if you drop the meter, all bets are off.
> >
> >This is the end of my discussion on Weston meters. I have
> >owned about 200 of them.
>
> Thank you, Jerry, but that is not what George has told me. George
> has
> advised me that, while enviorornmental dangers are present with
> selenium
> meters, most of these were properly sealed from the 1920's onwards.
> So,
> yes, you are correct in your definition of the "major environmental
> causes
> of derogation" but I do not beleive that these are the major cause
> for
> failure. I would suspect that the ratio is along the lines of 25%
> from
> failure of sealing and 75% from failure of the mechanics. Do you
> have a
> problem with this?
>
> Marc
>
> msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cha robh bàs fir gun ghràs fir!
>
>
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