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Default Giant 9volt battery

On 4/18/19 8:01 PM, wrote:
I've seen pictures but never had a Type B (67.5 volt battery) in hand. I
just got one at an auction in a box of tubes I bought. It looks just
like a giant 9v battery. Same sort of clips on top, just a tad larger.

It's a RCA No. VS 218.

Of course it's dead, but I'm keeping it because it's kind of
historic....
two 1.5
I imagine it dates back to the 1930s or 40s. But there is no leakage and
it's package is clean.

I just calculated. It must contain 45 cells inside its cardboard
container.


Hello, and I once owned a 1950s era Westinghouse 4-tube (1R5, 1U4, 1U5,
3Q4 low voltage filaments) AM band portable radio that used one of those
batteries as the "B" battery and two 1.5V cells as the "A" battery for
the tube filaments. IIRC it had a fairly large loudspeaker for a small,
lightweight portable radio and the audio fidelity was very good.
Sincerely,

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