Why don't they make A batteries?
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Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: Zakath15
Originally posted by: pulse8
Repost.
You suck.
Since you quoted both of us, I'm just curious as to which one of us sucks.
Originally posted by: pulse8
Originally posted by: joohang
Originally posted by: Zakath15
Originally posted by: pulse8
Repost.
You suck.
Since you quoted both of us, I'm just curious as to which one of us sucks.
Both of you.
j/k
I meant to say that Zak-ass sucks.
BTW, peace, Nathan.
Probably more than you wanted to know:
Question
There are AAA, AA, C and D batteries. What happened to sizes A and B?
Answer
The AA, C and D size designations originated in the US at a time when battery-operated valve radio receivers were widely used. These receivers had already laid claim to the A and B designations: the A battery (usually a lead-acid accumulator) heated the filaments of the valves, while the B-battery provided the high-voltage supply for the anodes. Therefore, new cells could not use the same names and AA, C and D sizes were adopted.
One can still see "B supply" or B+ on present-day circuit diagrams and the term C battery was also used, for the grid-bias supply, but it may be that the new C cell designation was adopted before grid-bias batteries came into use.
Another explanation sometimes offered is that A and B cells were used only in multicell batteries and never marketed as single cells.
In Britain, individual battery manufacturers had, and to some extent still have, their own type designations, such as PP3 and 996 and even No. 8, which was used widely in the Second World War.
The AAA and other new sizes such as N, are now standardised internationally according to IEC86, a two-part standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission in Geneva.
The equivalent British Standard is BS397, the third part of which includes cell sizes used only in Britain.
Question
There are AAA, AA, C and D batteries. What happened to sizes A and B?
Answer
The AA, C and D size designations originated in the US at a time when battery-operated valve radio receivers were widely used. These receivers had already laid claim to the A and B designations: the A battery (usually a lead-acid accumulator) heated the filaments of the valves, while the B-battery provided the high-voltage supply for the anodes. Therefore, new cells could not use the same names and AA, C and D sizes were adopted.
One can still see "B supply" or B+ on present-day circuit diagrams and the term C battery was also used, for the grid-bias supply, but it may be that the new C cell designation was adopted before grid-bias batteries came into use.
Another explanation sometimes offered is that A and B cells were used only in multicell batteries and never marketed as single cells.
In Britain, individual battery manufacturers had, and to some extent still have, their own type designations, such as PP3 and 996 and even No. 8, which was used widely in the Second World War.
The AAA and other new sizes such as N, are now standardised internationally according to IEC86, a two-part standard published by the International Electrotechnical Commission in Geneva.
The equivalent British Standard is BS397, the third part of which includes cell sizes used only in Britain.
Originally posted by: joohang
Both of you.
j/k
I meant to say that Zak-ass sucks.
BTW, peace, Nathan.
No, no, you suck!
<--- wishes he'd actually seen "The Pest"...
On a side note, I actually slept for a normal evening last night... 11PM until 6AM or so... felt so great!
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