Subj : Re: Charger To : ROY J. TELLASON From : LAIRD KELLY Date : Thu Jun 16 2005 06:38 pm -=>/Huh!/ Bad Charger! What'cha gon', what'cha gon', what'cha gonna do when ROY J. TELLASON and TOM WALKER come for you?<=- RJT> TOM WALKER wrote in a message to ROY J. TELLASON: RJT> TW> I must have mistated my Question. I am Fimilat with "AA" matteries RJT> TW> and "AAA" battereis but don't recal the "A" designation for MANY RJT> TW> years and was unaware they were even still being manfactured. RJT>I don't remember ever actually seeing an "A" battery designated as RJT>such in terms of a specific size, mostly they were designated that RJT>way because of their use (filament/heater current) along with "B" RJT>(plate voltage) and "C" (bias) back when. TW> That was my Point, Perhaps being a little picky but hrtew "A" TW> battery only existed as it applied to the Old Vucuum Tube Filiment TW> Batteries. NIOT as an individual Cell like the "AA" and "AAA" RJT> There must've been an "A" cell at some point, or the system wouldn't RJT> make any sense... I believe the "B" sizes are still made in Europe - in a 3LR12 4.5 battery that looks like a small Prince Albert can (anybody here old enough to remember those? *g*) with two flat strip contacts sticking out of the top used in a number of headlamps used by soldiers, hikers, etc. (and in an old Eveready Daylo flashlight I have stashed away somewhere similar to: except mine has a flip-up compass under the lens and it used a #703 (same thing as the 3LR12 - about 20mm thick X 60mm wide X 65mm high) instead of three seperate "B" cells and, of course, the "A" designation is used for NiCd & NiMH cells that are about the same size as the "B" cell - 17mm Diameter X 50mm High Laird .... "Micro$oft Mobile Manor", Purdy, Wa - 1 mile north*Beware, Mary Kay's out --- MultiMail/MS-DOS v0.46 * Origin: Try Our Web Based QWK: DOCSPLACE.ORG (1:123/140) .