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Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way?
PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! |
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On Friday, 19 April 2019 18:07:26 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian PP9s are still out there, think I saw one in wilkinson not too long ago. Halfords, ebay, amazon etc still have them. PP1 & PP4 I've not seen in many years. NT |
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Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA
but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! wrote in message ... On Friday, 19 April 2019 18:07:26 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote: Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian PP9s are still out there, think I saw one in wilkinson not too long ago. Halfords, ebay, amazon etc still have them. PP1 & PP4 I've not seen in many years. NT |
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On Friday, 19 April 2019 18:24:43 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message ... On Friday, 19 April 2019 18:07:26 UTC+1, Brian Gaff wrote: Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian PP9s are still out there, think I saw one in wilkinson not too long ago. Halfords, ebay, amazon etc still have them. PP1 & PP4 I've not seen in many years. NT Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian There were several different large 1.5v cells, more than was ever sensible. Many obsolete types can be found on ebay, amazon, and probably elsewhere. But cheap they are not. NT |
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On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian There's a danger of sounding like Maurice Chevalier but "yes, ah remember zem well". Eee lad, tell that to kids today and they won't believe thee. |
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On Fri, 19 Apr 2019 18:24:37 +0100, Brian Gaff wrote:
Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips 1289 - but called a 3LR12 (and possibly other names) today. and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side People seem to be making lash-ups for those, so probably obsolete. and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. I have a moderately new torch that uses one of those. They are readily available. You can also get rechargeable ones, and my torch has a hole (filled with a rubber plug) so that it can be charged in situ. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Yes. I think it's all piezo these days. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian My parents' gas fire had a battery holder, with a tube inside, that held one D-cell and a dummy or two D-cells. It started with one plus dummy when installed, but had to switch to two when we changed from town gas to natural gas. SteveW |
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On 19/04/2019 18:07, Brian Gaff wrote:
Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian Someone I know well used to trespass on the main East Coast line during the late 1950 and early 1960s, looking for things to steal. One thing he found (by smashing a padlock) was a large number of very large 1.5V cells. They had screw terminals and were connected in series. They were black, rectangular, about 3" x 3" x 10". They were very heavy but the boy managed to carry a lot of them home, where he used them to power his spark transmitter. Bill |
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Yes well, I remember the crystal set...
Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! wrote in message ... On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian There's a danger of sounding like Maurice Chevalier but "yes, ah remember zem well". Eee lad, tell that to kids today and they won't believe thee. |
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Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11
and u2? All very confusing to me at the time. I also remember those little accumulators you could buy as well, they were very hand for model boats later on. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Steve Walker" wrote in message ... On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes the Bijou was 3 v with two cells in a cardboard sleeve. Fatter than AA but shorter than c Then there were the pocket lamp batteries 4.5 v with brass strips and the 3v cycle lamp batteries with one on top and one on the side, and the lantern batteries with the springs on the top often used by schoolchildren with wire wool to start a fire. grin. Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? Brian My parents' gas fire had a battery holder, with a tube inside, that held one D-cell and a dummy or two D-cells. It started with one plus dummy when installed, but had to switch to two when we changed from town gas to natural gas. SteveW |
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Yes and when the power failed on the railways, none of the telephones
worked. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Bill Wright" wrote in message ... On 19/04/2019 18:07, Brian Gaff wrote: Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian Someone I know well used to trespass on the main East Coast line during the late 1950 and early 1960s, looking for things to steal. One thing he found (by smashing a padlock) was a large number of very large 1.5V cells. They had screw terminals and were connected in series. They were black, rectangular, about 3" x 3" x 10". They were very heavy but the boy managed to carry a lot of them home, where he used them to power his spark transmitter. Bill |
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I played with spark transmission for a while modifying an old door bell to
make a very high frequency tone and then using tuned circuits to make it only perhaps cover half of medium wave. It of course very soon mutated into an electric shock machine using an old valve filament transformer backwards, a rectifier etc. Probably grossly unsafe but we all survived. Brian -- ----- -- This newsgroup posting comes to you directly from... The Sofa of Brian Gaff... Blind user, so no pictures please Note this Signature is meaningless.! "Bill Wright" wrote in message ... On 19/04/2019 18:07, Brian Gaff wrote: Can one still get pp1, pp4 and pp9 batteries by the way? PP1 were six volt press stud, pp4 round but 9 v press stud either end and pp9 big 9v for good portable radios. Also looking for the bijou battery since its used in a vintage torch. Brian Someone I know well used to trespass on the main East Coast line during the late 1950 and early 1960s, looking for things to steal. One thing he found (by smashing a padlock) was a large number of very large 1.5V cells. They had screw terminals and were connected in series. They were black, rectangular, about 3" x 3" x 10". They were very heavy but the boy managed to carry a lot of them home, where he used them to power his spark transmitter. Bill |
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On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? The influence of Tandy on the high street I think. I remember batteries purchased from there (or got free - battery club) had the ANSI codes displayed, or equipment sold was spec'ed as requiring such. -- Adrian C |
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On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote:
Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. -- Max Demian |
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"Max Demian" wrote in message
o.uk... On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). |
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On 20/04/2019 15:08, NY wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. I remember them as Ever-Ready products (that's what the local hardware shop sold) and coloured white and blue, labelled as SP11, SP2 and SP12 (standard zinc carbon) and coloured orange, labelled HP11, HP2 and HP12 (longer lasting). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 Bike light IIRC. and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. Got one of those somewhere. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. If that is the one I remember, my grandparents doorbell ran off one of those and the battery sat on the wood of the doorframe. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). I don't know, but it is simpler if everyone uses the same. SteveW |
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I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery
with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. The Eveready 126, it was even labelled "bell battery" at one time. Originally it had all brass screw terminals later versions black conical plastic screw terminals. My first Scalextric set had a plate that you attached three of them using the terminals, used as a power supply, transformers at that time being quite expensive and having to be bought separately and not supplied as part of the set. Many a Xmas ruined by parents forgetting to buy the PSU. Richard https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ever_battery_126.html |
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NY wrote:
Max Demian wrote: U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I remember AAs as HP7 or 'Penlight' |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:34:58 +0100, Steve Walker wrote:
For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. If that is the one I remember, my grandparents doorbell ran off one of those and the battery sat on the wood of the doorframe. I had a transistor radio that used TWO of them! http://vintage-radios-london.co.uk/V...-TP85-LWMW-FM- Portable-Transistor-Radio -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:09:17 UTC+1, NY wrote:
"Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). There were 6v lantern packs with screw tops, might it be those you remember? AAAs weren't much use until alkalines came along as they held so little energy. NT |
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On 19/04/2019 18:24, Brian Gaff wrote:
Do you remember those big 1.5 cells used for lighting the gas? #800 ISTR |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 12:59:26 -0700, tabbypurr wrote:
There were 6v lantern packs with screw tops, might it be those you remember? There still are. 4(L)R25X. But I think the ones being remembered are the 918 (now 4(L)R25-2. They seems to have more rounded corners now (the old ones had a cardboard case). https://uk.rs-online.com/web/p/lante...eries/1141809/ -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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On 20/04/2019 20:57, Bob Eager wrote:
On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:34:58 +0100, Steve Walker wrote: For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. If that is the one I remember, my grandparents doorbell ran off one of those and the battery sat on the wood of the doorframe. I had a transistor radio that used TWO of them! http://vintage-radios-london.co.uk/V...-TP85-LWMW-FM- Portable-Transistor-Radio Note that's two PP9s, not bell batteries. -- Max Demian |
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On 20/04/2019 19:30, Andy Burns wrote:
NY wrote: Max Demian wrote: U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I remember AAs as HP7 or 'Penlight' The original penlight batteries often consisted of two cells in one paper sleeve, for the original pen light torches. If you just wanted one and the shop didn't have singles they would break the double one in half for you. When they started the "high power" (zinc chloride) U12s they called them U7 rather than HP16 for some reason; later HP7. -- Max Demian |
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On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 23:24:17 +0100, Max Demian wrote:
On 20/04/2019 20:57, Bob Eager wrote: On Sat, 20 Apr 2019 15:34:58 +0100, Steve Walker wrote: For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. If that is the one I remember, my grandparents doorbell ran off one of those and the battery sat on the wood of the doorframe. I had a transistor radio that used TWO of them! http://vintage-radios-london.co.uk/V...-TP85-LWMW-FM- Portable-Transistor-Radio Note that's two PP9s, not bell batteries. Yes, I should have trimmed more of the quoted paragraph. Still bloody big and heavy for a radio - as I found. But they did last ages. I had that radio for years and years. -- My posts are my copyright and if @diy_forums or Home Owners' Hub wish to copy them they can pay me £1 a message. Use the BIG mirror service in the UK: http://www.mirrorservice.org *lightning surge protection* - a w_tom conductor |
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"Steve Walker" wrote in message ... On 20/04/2019 15:08, NY wrote: "Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. I remember them as Ever-Ready products (that's what the local hardware shop sold) and coloured white and blue, labelled as SP11, SP2 and SP12 (standard zinc carbon) and coloured orange, labelled HP11, HP2 and HP12 (longer lasting). https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 Bike light IIRC. and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. Got one of those somewhere. I used those a lot, for those big rectangular torches. Got the batterys for free from work. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. If that is the one I remember, my grandparents doorbell ran off one of those and the battery sat on the wood of the doorframe. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). I don't know, but it is simpler if everyone uses the same. Its got much worse now with li ion batterys, 18650 etc. Those are sort of the dimensions but the protected ones use the same number and the protection means that they are no longer the same length. Bizarre. |
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wrote in message ... On Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:09:17 UTC+1, NY wrote: "Max Demian" wrote in message o.uk... On 20/04/2019 08:11, Brian Gaff wrote: Yes why did we start calling batteries c and d and stopped calling them U11 and u2? U11 and U2? Do you mean "Baby Torch" [1] and "Standard Torch"? [1] Actually 2 U11 size in a cardboard tube. I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). There were 6v lantern packs with screw tops, might it be those you remember? AAAs weren't much use until alkalines came along as they held so little energy. They worked fine with very low power devices like remotes. |
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On Sunday, 21 April 2019 04:55:38 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message ... On Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:09:17 UTC+1, NY wrote: I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). There were 6v lantern packs with screw tops, might it be those you remember? AAAs weren't much use until alkalines came along as they held so little energy. They worked fine with very low power devices like remotes. there were few of those around in the 70s, hence the AAAs were little use. Try and use your brain, small as it is. |
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On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 10:19:50 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Its got much worse now with li ion batterys, 18650 etc. Those are sort of the dimensions but the protected ones use the same number and the protection means that they are no longer the same length. Bizarre. What could be more bizarre than your obnoxious trolling, you 85-year-old senile pest! -- The Natural Philosopher about senile Rot: "Rod speed is not a Brexiteer. He is an Australian troll and arsehole." Message-ID: |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 13:55:29 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: AAAs weren't much use until alkalines came along as they held so little energy. They worked fine with very low power devices like remotes. LMAO In auto-contradicting mode again, you abnormal 85-year-old senile pest? -- Kerr-Mudd,John addressing senile Rot: "Auto-contradictor Rod is back! (in the KF)" MID: |
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wrote in message ... On Sunday, 21 April 2019 04:55:38 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote: tabbypurr wrote in message ... On Saturday, 20 April 2019 15:09:17 UTC+1, NY wrote: I've never heard the terms "baby torch" and "standard torch" but I can vaguely remember U11 (C), U2 (D), U12 (AA). I don't remember U16 (AAA) but maybe there weren't many devices that used sufficiently little power that a AAA would last long enough. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes lists them all - including ones I'd forgotten about like the flexible-strip terminal 4.5-volt battery 1289 and the huge 6V spring-terminal Lantern battery. For some reason I'd always thought that the PP3 9-volt battery was called a PP9 (9 for 9 volts) rather than PP3. I also remember a 4.5V rectangular battery with screw terminals - the screw part was a stepped conical shape, IIRC; that's not listed on the Wikipedia page. I wonder if the UK started using ANSI names (AA, AAA, C, D) to come into line with US conventions, realising that they could no longer hold out with their own UK-specific names, in the same way that film speeds are now always quoted in ASA (aka ISO) rather than DIN (German standard logarithmic scale). There were 6v lantern packs with screw tops, might it be those you remember? AAAs weren't much use until alkalines came along as they held so little energy. They worked fine with very low power devices like remotes. there were few of those around in the 70s, Bull****. hence the AAAs were little use. More bull****. reams of your desperate attempt to bull**** your way out of your predicament, as always, flushed where it belongs |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Sun, 21 Apr 2019 19:56:22 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: there were few of those around in the 70s, Bull****. hence the AAAs were little use. More bull****. reams of your desperate attempt to bull**** your way out of your predicament, as always, flushed where it belongs Did your pretentious "expertise in everything" just get exposed again, you clinically insane, 85-year-old senile pest? LOL -- Bill Wright addressing senile Ozzie cretin Rot Speed: "Well you make up a lot of stuff and it's total ******** most of it." MID: |
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On Sunday, 21 April 2019 10:56:35 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
Bull****. More bull****. |
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wrote in message ... On Sunday, 21 April 2019 10:56:35 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote: Bull****. More bull****. You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag. |
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On Sunday, 21 April 2019 16:05:38 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote:
tabbypurr wrote in message ... On Sunday, 21 April 2019 10:56:35 UTC+1, Rod Speed wrote: Bull****. More bull****. bull**** wet paper bag. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:58:49 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent
Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Bull****. More bull****. You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag. Just jump back into your roo's pouch, you retarded rodent! -- Bod addressing senile Rot: "Rod, you have a sick twisted mind. I suggest you stop your mindless and totally irresponsible talk. Your mouth could get you into a lot of trouble." Message-ID: |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
On Sunday, 21 April 2019 18:03:59 UTC+1, Peeler wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:58:49 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Bull****. More bull****. You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag. Just jump back into your roo's pouch, you retarded rodent! Stop being mean to rodents. |
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Lonely Psychopathic Senile Ozzie Troll Alert!
Peeler wrote:
On Mon, 22 Apr 2019 00:58:49 +1000, cantankerous trolling geezer Rodent Speed, the auto-contradicting senile sociopath, blabbered, again: Bull****. More bull****. You never could bull**** your way out of a wet paper bag. Just jump back into your roo's pouch, you retarded rodent! He would be a marsupial, the males have a double headed penis and the females two vaginas. So it is quite in order to describe Speed as a big prick or a bunch of ****s. GH |
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