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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