"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

According to Michael A. Terrell :
"DoN. Nichols" wrote:

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trying to remember the designator for the *big* single cells with a pair
of knurled nuts on the top for connection (or sometimes a Fhanestock
clip for each terminal). Those may have been 'G'. I know that as a kid
I made lots of things working from those.


http://www.islandregister.com/phones/bluebell.jpg

That's the size and shape -- but a bit older than the ones which
I used. Mine were mostly Eveready, and some were thumb nut terminals,
instead of the Fahnestock clips which were on this one.

Unfortunately -- that just said "dry cell", just as I remembered
for most -- but there *was* a size letter for them. (Or was it "No. 6"
instead?)


Yes, they were a #6 cells, used for hand crank telephones and early
burglar alarms. They were so easy to buy, and so cheap that they were
used in school science classes.

BTW, I just found the outer casing of that 6 V Energizer lantern
battery, with the four compartments for 'F' cells. I just found another
lantern battery that I haven't opened. It has no label, but it is in
the same case as the other battery. The springs are corroded off the
top, so I'll bet that its a real mess inside.


--
Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to
prove it.
Member of DAV #85.

Michael A. Terrell
Central Florida