Subj : Battery Trivia
To   : TOM WALKER
From : Matt Mc_Carthy
Date : Sun Jun 12 2005 01:20 am

11 Jun 2005, 22:33, TOM WALKER (1:123/140), wrote to ALL:

Hi TOM.

 TW> Forst how many rembember the Old Home Battery operated Radios? My
 TW> grandmothers Farm House i nMissoury still didn't have elctrical 
 TW> power in the 40's. Those Redios typicaly used more then one Battery. 
 TW> There was "A" batery, a "B" battery and some times a "C" Battery. How 
 TW> many can rembember their uses and what are they?

The "A" cells [batteries] powered the heaters, and the "B" batteries provided 
the HV for the plates of the tubes.  

I'm not familiar with the "C" battery, but there was another one that combined 
the "A" and "B" within a single package with a multi-pin connector.  Maybe that 
was a "C" battery?

 TW> Also how many rembmber the "F" cell in the current series 
 TW> designations of "AA", "AA", "AAA", "AAAA", "B", and "D". They are 
 TW> currently being sold by the way sometiems called by another name.

The "F" cell is a longer version of the "D" cell, and a set of four "F" cells 
in a rectangular metal can is what is known as a "6 Volt Lantern Battery".  
There are probably eight "F" cells in the 12V Lantern battery used in portable 
fluorescent lights, but I've never taken one of those apart.  The "F" cells 
also have other industrial uses.

[Lots of good history snipped]


     Thanks, M.

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