Geez Jerry! 200!!! Wouldn't one have been plenty? On 4/21/06, Jerry Lehrer <jerryleh@xxxxxxxxxxx> 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. > > Jerry > > Marc James Small wrote: > > > At 02:08 PM 4/21/06 -0700, Jerry Lehrer wrote: > > > > > >I will dissent with you both. Primary cause of failure is > > >humidity, (moisture, water vapor) exacerbated by high > > >temperature. Dust and light do nowt. Master II and III > > >meters had very poor moisture sealing and hence a lot of > > >them went belly up. The Weston 715 (and original Master) > > >had very good sealing of the cell, and therefore can still be > > >expected to work. > > Mime-Version: 1.0 > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 > > > > Jerry > > > > I would suggest that you discuss this with George Milton who repairs > more > > selenium meters in a day than I have seen in a lifetime. His > conclusions > > are, I believe, a bit different from yours. > > > > Marc > > > > msmall@xxxxxxxxxxxx=20 > > Cha robh b=E0s fir gun ghr=E0s 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 > > > > -- > > No virus found in this incoming message. > > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > > Version: 7.1.385 / Virus Database: 268.4.5/321 - Release Date: > 04/21/2006 > > --- > 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 > > -- Peter K Ó¿Õ¬