Batteries

[Pony]

Why are there no "B" batteries?? I'm sure there is an answer......it just hurts my head to think about it

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Batteries

There was and maybe still are a B battery.<br />It is an old battery used to power old time radios.

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Batteries

They were about 67.5 volts, give or take a v or 2.

 

[rolmops]

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The army used them for field telephones.The CIA used them for "confession connection".

 

[kenimpzoom]

Re: Batteries

What about size A.<br /><br />We have AA and AAA, but no A????<br /><br />Ken

 

[SpinnerBait_Nut]

Re: Batteries

Yes Ken, they had them also.<br /><br />The A supply provides low-voltage DC to heat the filaments inside the radio tubes. It can be as low as 1.5 volts. <br /><br />The B supply provides higher-voltage DC for the "plate" circuits of the radio. The B supply can be 22.5, 45, 67.5, or 90 volts.

 

[Bob_VT]

Re: Batteries

The army used D cells that were designated BA-30 in the crank field phones.<br /><br />Hey Ken we even have AAAA size<br /><br />Bob

 

[SlowlySinking]

Re: Batteries

and there were "C" batteries that supplied the bias voltage until somebody figured out how to generate that voltage from the radios circuitry.<br /><br />The "A", "B", "C" batteries used in tube radios shouldn't be confused with the AAA, AA, C, or D batteries we use today.

 

[ZmOz]

Re: Batteries

Originally posted by Bob_VT:<br /> Hey Ken we even have AAAA size

That's what most 9v batteries are made out of...6 AAAA cells. Don't forget about F batteries too...

 

[bandit86]

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F - car battery

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

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I had a "J" battery in my old Zenith remote controller. Funky looking little thing. Like a rectangle with a corner missing.

 

[roscoe]

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N battery in my clock.

 

[Pony]

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I definately have never heard of a J battery, how old is that remote?

 

[Dave Abrahamson]

Re: Batteries

It was about a 1987ish Zenith VHS VCR remote.<br />Took this kind of battery. 6 volt.<br />

<br />Told ya it was a funky style!