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
I remember testing one of those with my tongue. Once.
Regards,
Boris Mohar
Got Knock? - see: Viatrack Printed Circuit Designs (among other things)
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Am 19.04.2019 um 02:01 schrieb snipped-for-privacy@myshop.com:
Just like this with 75V:
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,
I had a device which contained what looked like 6 volt lantern batteries but were 1.5 volts each.
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:
Regards, Tim
AD4 maybe. There were others too.
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
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