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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.... 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. |
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On Friday, 19 April 2019 01:01:35 UTC+1, 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.... 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. Some people scan the label so replicas can be made. NT |
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![]() I remember testing one of those with my tongue. Once. On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:01:31 -0500, 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.... 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. Regards, Boris Mohar Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things) http://www.viatrack.ca void _-void-_ in the obvious place --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus |
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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, -- J. B. Wood e-mail: |
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On Friday, 19 April 2019 11:55:45 UTC+1, Lucifer wrote:
On Thu, 18 Apr 2019 19:01:31 -0500, 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.... 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. I had a device which contained what looked like 6 volt lantern batteries but were 1.5 volts each. AD4 maybe. There were others too. |
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Hi all,
The PP9 is a large (much bigger than a standard 9V, also known as a PP3) that is still available. Ever Ready in the UK had a range of these the PP stood for "Power Pack". You can look at it on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nine-volt_battery Regards, Tim On 4/18/2019 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.... 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. |
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As a slight digression, besides that Westinghouse tube portable radio,
one of my relatives had a 1960s era LW/AM/SW transistor portable (in a fabric covered wood case) made by Reela in France. It used an Ever Ready (not Eveready) PP11 battery (https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/F...batteries.jpg). This battery had two separate 4.5V sections but the radio used both in series. We couldn't locate a stateside source for the battery so we replaced the battery connector with a standard 9V snap-on. The bands were selectable via front panel pushbuttons. The selectable bands were Grandes Ondes (GO) 150-300 kHz, Petites Ondes (PO) 520-1600 kHz and Ondes Courtes (OC) 5-20 MHz. Sincerely, -- J. B. Wood e-mail: |
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