Re: 1.5 v batteries - to buy ?

[Chuck Britton <britton@NCSSM.EDU>]

The last 6 volt 'lantern' battery that I dissected contained four 'D'
cells and a cardboard spacer to fill out the volume. The 'D' cells
were labeled just like retail sale cells!!!!



At 3:45 PM -0500 1/26/04, Larry Cartwright wrote:
> Before some other history-of-technology buff nitpicks me, I'll correct
> my typo.  The 1.5 volt and 6 volt rectangular batteries each use 4 "F"
> cells.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Larry
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Larry Cartwright               Retired Physics Teacher
> <exit60@cablespeed.com>        Charlotte MI 48813 USA
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> Larry Cartwright wrote:
> >  Oooooo, that's a really old-time product, from the very
> >  beginnings of the retail battery industry.  Four "E" cells
> >  connected in parallel and packaged in a rectangular case.
> >  The ubiquitous 6 volt lantern battery has the exact same
> >  components connected in series, with spring terminals.


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