Yashica Electro GX Battery

[ColSebastianMoran]

How to rig a battery for the Yashica Electro GX?

Here's what I'm using: This is the yashica-guy.com adapter with two silver-oxide batteries (SR44 or EPS-76 for example). I find I need a shim, as shown, to get good contact for the batteries. With one of my GX's, I need a shim on the other side as well.

What's your solution for a battery for the GX?

On one side, the Yashica-guy spacer. On the other side, a sandwich of two silver-oxide batteries and a metal shim, all within the Yashica-guy tube.

 

[farlymac]

I use plastic plumbing joiners, trim them down to fit, then curl a paperclip on one of my pliers to make a stiff spring. The SR76 cell fits inside the pipe fittings really nice, and the spring takes up any slack, also making good contact in the battery well. And all for a fraction of the cost of custom made adapters.

PF

 

[Frontman]

When I buy GX cameras they often have home made adapters of some type. Usually these are spacers made of tin foil, sometimes a metal nut, and some are stacked washers held together by tape. Camera shops sell ready made adapters, but these are not uniformly made, some are not tall enough, and don't make good contact.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

farlymac, so... you put one battery in each of the two spaces, each with a spring, right? The spring sounds good, I have had to add shims sometimes (I have three GX's, now two, and they are different).

I tried to find a brass screw and nut which would be the right length to bridge one of the two battery compartments. No luck here.

Jeff, what do you do for batteries in your GX's?

 

[Bill58]

I use 2 Kanto/ CRIS HM-N adapters and SR44W batteries. I found the Kanto people in Japan far more helpful/ friendly than the USA CRIS people a few years back, so I bought from Kanto.

 

[Frontman]

I use the camera shop adapters, these are made of black plastic, and have a chrome-plated insert with a "+" mark on the bottom. In Japan a set usually cost about $30.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

frontman, can you share a picture of the GX adapters you use?

Thanks!

 

[martinemallindias]

I use plastic plumbing joiners, trim them down to fit, then curl a paperclip on one of my pliers to make a stiff spring. The SR76 cell fits inside the pipe fittings really nice, and the spring takes up any slack, also making good contact in the battery well. And all for a fraction of the cost of custom made adapters.Yashica GX uses two PX 640 batteries. These were banned long time ago due to a mercury content. You can replace these with LR44 batteries or the ones used in hearing aid devices PR44 and a generous amount of thin foil to make up the size difference.

 

[ColSebastianMoran]

I continue my quest for the perfect Yashica GX Battery adapter.

I bought the set from eBay seller nobbysparrow at $12 per set.

These are machined aluminum and hold EPX76 batteries with a loose fit. Here is the adapter with battery:

I have two Yashica GX cameras. The adapter plus battery is a slightly loose fit with inconsistent electrical contact. I created shims out of tin foil and put these inside the adapter. With this, I am now getting a good contact in one camera and not quite perfect in the other.

I would like to see an adapter similar to this but with a spring.