Subj : Re: Charger
To   : JAY EMRIE
From : TOM WALKER
Date : Mon Jun 20 2005 07:55 am

JE>TW> Let me make MYSELF clearer. I am lookiong for the Source of the Term
JE>TW> "B" battery. IF there is NO listing for it Why are you using it. What
JE>TW> is ytuor reaso nor source ror yusing the term "B"
JE>TW>BY your own admission it appears what you are calling a "B" is most
JE>TW>likely an "A".

JE>TW>Adn don;t get me Wrong. I am not trying to be argumentive but am simply
JE>TW>courious. As I have never in recent times heard the term "B" battery
JE>TW>used.

JE>Tom, go here for a factual history of B batteries and also A and C
JE>batteries.

JE>http://earlyradiohistory.us/1922batt.htm

That web site would not come up this morning but I am fully aware of the
Early Radio Unofficial Designation for the Three batteries required for
those radios. Those designations were thought up to designate what
batery was for the Filiment Voltage, Which was for the Tube Plate
Voltage , and which was for the Tube Grid Bias. THOSE designations have
little to do with the Batteries sold today.
Todays Battery designations refers to Physical Size and not Function.
I am just courious why the letter "B" doswen't appear i nthe Batterie
"Size" designation series of Alphabet letters.
Adn lookign at the chart there are several letters absent also. Like was
there ever an "E" battery. How about "H" and "I"??
Teh old TElephone battery being designated #6 appears out of place but I
believe that designation was assigned by Western Electric well before
the A/C/D standard came up and was so common it just was kept.
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