Batteries

[sundev]

So, how come we never see "B" batteries in stores? And "A" batteries don't exist at all?

 

[KLin]

Because the battery companies didn't want battery types associated with school grades.

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: KLin
Because the battery companies didn't want battery types associated with school grades.

so what about C and D's?

 

[Demon-Xanth]

A and B batteries were the original designations, you can still get them but you have to look hard. A powered the low voltage part of radios, and B the high voltage (22.5, 45, 90V type thing). This was back when radios had tubes.

 

[ForumMaster]

i don't really know but AAA batteries are becoming more common. I've never used C or D batteries.

 

[KLin]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: KLin
Because the battery companies didn't want battery types associated with school grades.

so what about C and D's?

I don't know, I was just joking .

 

[So]

A & B probably simply died in the market before WWII

 

[So]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_types

 

[Demon-Xanth]

http://antiqueradio.org/bsupply.htm

 

[Ayah]

Originally posted by: So
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_types

That's funky. Never really pondered this.

 

[amdhunter]

Originally posted by: waggy

Originally posted by: KLin
Because the battery companies didn't want battery types associated with school grades.

so what about C and D's?

Last time I used C and D's were back in the 80's so I could blast music from my boombox. Damn, I feel old.

 

[StevenYoo]

fast forward to about 4:00

 

[pontifex]

Originally posted by: KLin
Because the battery companies didn't want battery types associated with school grades.

they just wanted them associated with bra sizes :laugh:

 

[Syrch]

wow, this was pretty interesting!

 

[waggy]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i don't really know but AAA batteries are becoming more common. I've never used C or D batteries.

have kids.

then you will use every battery known to man.

 

[mercanucaribe]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i don't really know but AAA batteries are becoming more common. I've never used C or D batteries.

AAA batteries suck. Three AAAs contain the same energy as ONE AA, which takes up half the space. I wish flashlights, etc, would just use two AAs instead of three AAAs.

 

[DnetMHZ]

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i don't really know but AAA batteries are becoming more common. I've never used C or D batteries.

My flashlight takes 4 D batteries. That's really the only place I use them.

 

[Rubycon]

LOL that brings back memories of those 67.5V B batts. Batteries that can shock when the finger is placed across the terminals are scary. Of course today one can take a single 1.5V cell and shock the crap out of you with a simple inverter.

Nothing brings back the memories like the warm glow of tubes and the room filling full bodied sound of the old AM radio. The tube sets in motorcars used a vibrator that could be heard buzzing faintly. This was before the days of the transistor obviously.

They also have fractional cells, i.e. 1/3A, 1/3C, etc.

I have a 12V lead acid pack made up of six "BC" cells which are the size of beer cans. (hence BC ) They can crank out enough current to weld with.

 

[NiteWulf]

Originally posted by: So
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_types

That list is missing a few.

Originally posted by: Wikipedia
Disposable cells and some rechargeable cells come in a number of standard sizes, so the same battery type can be used in a wide variety of appliances. Some of the major types used in portable appliances include the A-series (AA, AAA, AAAA), B, C, D, F, G, J, and N, 3R12, 4R25 and variants, PP3, PP9, watch batteries, and the lantern 996 and PC926.

 

[jagec]

Originally posted by: MS Dawn

I have a 12V lead acid pack made up of six "BC" cells which are the size of beer cans. (hence BC ) They can crank out enough current to weld with.

You mean one of these?

 

[grrl]

Don't forget about the diminutive N type!

 

[Rubycon]

Originally posted by: jagec

You mean one of these?

see BC at the bottom

 

[Gibson486]

Originally posted by: mercanucaribe

Originally posted by: ForumMaster
i don't really know but AAA batteries are becoming more common. I've never used C or D batteries.

AAA batteries suck. Three AAAs contain the same energy as ONE AA, which takes up half the space. I wish flashlights, etc, would just use two AAs instead of three AAAs.

doesn't 3 AAA is series give you more voltage than one AA and the same same amount of mah?

 

[sswingle]

I want an atomic battery

 

[Al Neri]

Originally posted by: sundevb
So, how come we never see "B" batteries in stores? And "A" batteries don't exist at all?

Destroyed! By the empire!