The DC600 - My Worst Mistake Ever
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I got some on ebay for my DC 600. LI-40B/LI-42B for Olympus. The voltage on the ones I got are 3.6 vdc @ 1000 mah and they work fine. I however do not think they gave me much more time that the 650 mah that came with the camera. One of them quit taking a charge after a couple of months so I also think the ones I got were not the best quality.
Do a search on ebay, or the internet, for LI-40B or LI-42B
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The Li-40B is 650mAh & the Li-42B is 740mAh which corresponds to the older & newest batteries provided by SeaLife for the DC600.
A lot of the Li-40B/Li-42B batteries on eBay are noted as 850, 1000 & 1100mAh. I found one that said 2000mAh which is impossible in that form factor.
None of the 37 companies I contacted will guarantee that the batteries are indeed 1000mAh. Most of these are all made by one company & they are 650 or 740 mAh.
There are many advertised at 1000mAh, but peeling back the sticker on the battery sometimes reveals the original printing or label that note the real 650 or 740 mAh.
SeaLife tech staff I spoke w/ has said that they've drain tested batteries SeaLife users buy online that are supposed to be 1000 mAh, yet not one has ever been found to be above 740mAh. In the lithium battery world, 3.6 & 3.7 volt mean the same thing.
So it seems Caveat Emptor is the rule here.
If there is a battery out there that someone has found to truly be 1000mAh, I'd like to know where it can be purchased.
A lot of the Li-40B/Li-42B batteries on eBay are noted as 850, 1000 & 1100mAh. I found one that said 2000mAh which is impossible in that form factor.
None of the 37 companies I contacted will guarantee that the batteries are indeed 1000mAh. Most of these are all made by one company & they are 650 or 740 mAh.
There are many advertised at 1000mAh, but peeling back the sticker on the battery sometimes reveals the original printing or label that note the real 650 or 740 mAh.
SeaLife tech staff I spoke w/ has said that they've drain tested batteries SeaLife users buy online that are supposed to be 1000 mAh, yet not one has ever been found to be above 740mAh. In the lithium battery world, 3.6 & 3.7 volt mean the same thing.
So it seems Caveat Emptor is the rule here.
If there is a battery out there that someone has found to truly be 1000mAh, I'd like to know where it can be purchased.
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