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RE: Follow-up to dead battery

To: Chuck Renner <crenner@dynalivery.com>, mgs@autox.team.net
Subject: RE: Follow-up to dead battery
From: Barrie Robinson <barrier@bconnex.net>
Date: Tue, 28 May 2002 16:48:04 -0400
How about removing the bulb and seeing if the problem persists?

At 12:09 PM 5/28/02 -0500, Chuck Renner wrote:
> > From: Bob Howard [mailto:mgbob@juno.com]
> > Yes, but it's easy to do.
> > Unroll the film from a 35 mm film cannister, Kodak 400 is
> > good, and tape
> > it to the top shelf of fridge or top of spare tire.
> > Shut  fridge door or boot lid, as appropriate.
> > Wait 30 seconds.
> > Push film back into cannister.
> > Take film to developer and tell them what you did.
>
>Unless you have the car or fridge in a darkroom, how are you going to unroll
>and rewind without exposing it?  It's a lot easier to remove one of the
>reverse lights...  :)
>
>However, a really simple method has come from this idea...if you have a
>digital camera with a countdown timer.  Set it so the flash is off, trigger
>the countdown timer, then close it in the boot.  Wait for the camera to
>shoot, then look at the picture it took.
>

Regards
Barrie

Barrie Robinson - barrier@bconnex.net

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