battery source for GSN

[refinder]

i came across this site, for whoever cares to know. 'm guessing it is of the right size for the GSN. could someone confirm this?

Special Application TR164A 6V Alkaline Battery
Cross references: E164, PC164A, PX32A
Part #:TR164A
Weight: 0.07 lbs
Voltage: 6V
Chemistry:Alkaline
Dimensions: 17.1 x 44.9 mm
$8.65

http://www.zbattery.com/zbattery/tr164a.html

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[Pherdinand]

Rather expensive. For that money one can buy a silver oxide battery that works longer in the yashica.
You can fit the battery using some cardboard/tin foil, no need to find the exact physical size.

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

Hi there- Yashica Guy makes battery adapters for the Electro series. this adapter aslo works for other yashica cameras. Just click his name (in orange and bold) in the previous sentence and you will see an ebay page for his product.

I have no affiliation with him, but I do own his product and it is good. It's a bit pricey, initially, but it works well. It takes a few different batteries, which he lists. Mine has been serving two Yahsicas well for about a year with the same battery.

There is also this - A32PX, Which I also have, and has also lasted long. But the Yashica guy adapter allows more choice in battery sources, and will cost less over time.

 

[refinder]

Rather expensive. For that money one can buy a silver oxide battery that works longer in the yashica.
You can fit the battery using some cardboard/tin foil, no need to find the exact physical size.

yeah, no kidding!

that price plus shipping will cost more than my camera! now that i've got hooked on classic rangefinders, and i'm learning DIY repairing, do i have to learn how to fabricate batteries too?

i checked the price for 28A 6V alkaline batteries at both walmart and radioshack. walmart sells duracell for US$7.33, radioshack, its own brand for US$4.99, both before tax. not cheap either. anyway...

i've got a question for you Pherdinard. could you please take a look at your Hi Matic 9 and see in which directions do the film sprocket (1), and the takeup spool (2), turn?

i always thought they turn in opposite directions as illustrated by the red arrows, so that the film would pass over the sprocket(1) then under the takeup spool(2). but mine turn in the same direction as illustrated by the blue arrows, so there is no way to do this over and under thing. film wound this way would not be secure. am i loading the film wrong?

tks for helping!

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[refinder]

Hi there- Yashica Guy makes battery adapters for the Electro series. this adapter aslo works for other yashica cameras. Just click his name (in orange and bold) in the previous sentence and you will see an ebay page for his product.

I have no affiliation with him, but I do own his product and it is good. It's a bit pricey, initially, but it works well. It takes a few different batteries, which he lists. Mine has been serving two Yahsicas well for about a year with the same battery.

There is also this - A32PX, Which I also have, and has also lasted long. But the Yashica guy adapter allows more choice in battery sources, and will cost less over time.

tks a lot for the information Bob! you sure know a lot about this camera!

i thought someone might be interested in such a link, so i posted it just as another piece of information. i learned a lot by reading the forum, but don't have much to offer, hope that would count as my contribution. 🙂

i just got a GSN, it came with a selfmade "adaptor". although not pretty, i'm using that for the time being, while searching for sulutions for the battery cover, which seems to be too small, just by a tiny bit though. it is difficult to put it on.

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[tedwhite]

Yeah, Bob's got it nailed. When I bought my GSN I discovered Yashica_guy on the internet and bought both the adapter and the battery. The adapter is well worth the price.

Ted

 

[Fedzilla_Bob]

I have five electro 35's. Only two are working.

I learned nearly everything I know about this camera from others here. Also from Yashica Guys website.

There are at least three members who have replaced the "Pad of Death." Something I haven't done yet. But, I will likely try it on one of the non-working cameras.

When they work, they work beatifully.

As for that battery cover, ask around, there might be a spare one in a members garage or workbench. I had to steal one from from one of my dead GSN to replace one on my Electro Professional. (It's black, and somehow that makes it professional)

 

[Pherdinand]

refinder: My hi-matic works as the blue arrows indicate. Some cameras use indeed the counter-rotating takeup spool method, but not the hi-matic 9. However i never had problems with the film winding. The spool has a wide diameter, and a little pin to catch the sprocket on the film, just next to the slit; if you do take care that the film catches on to this pin, it sould work very well.

Replacing the Pad of Death is not such a big deal, if you know where and how. More important is the pad material and glue you choose. With thin tweezers it is possible to do it from the front without removing the leatherette covering etc.

 

[RichardS]

Hi there- Yashica Guy makes battery adapters for the Electro series. this adapter aslo works for other yashica cameras. Just click his name (in orange and bold) in the previous sentence and you will see an ebay page for his product.

I have no affiliation with him, but I do own his product and it is good. It's a bit pricey, initially, but it works well. It takes a few different batteries, which he lists. Mine has been serving two Yahsicas well for about a year with the same battery.

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Since Yashica-Guy sells directly from his web site at http://www.yashica-guy.com/document/battery.html I don't see any reason to go to Ebay to buy his adapters.

Dick

 

[refinder]

refinder: My hi-matic works as the blue arrows indicate. Some cameras use indeed the counter-rotating takeup spool method, but not the hi-matic 9. However i never had problems with the film winding. The spool has a wide diameter, and a little pin to catch the sprocket on the film, just next to the slit; if you do take care that the film catches on to this pin, it sould work very well.

Replacing the Pad of Death is not such a big deal, if you know where and how. More important is the pad material and glue you choose. With thin tweezers it is possible to do it from the front without removing the leatherette covering etc.

thank you so much for the help Pherdinand! i'll take a closer look at my Hi Matic 9 and try get used to its design when using it.

as for the POD, i think i could fix it, i like to tinker. 😉 just fixed a bunch of problems on the Hi Matic 9. my new GSN is functioning fine as of now. i guess that means the POD is ok and doesn't need to be replaced immediately. however, help, advice, optimism, and encouragement from experienced members can really make a newbie just that much more confident at it!

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