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Below a number of old batteries, used for various
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Belgian
shop display and battery tester for PLB batteries. PLB batteries were made
by Pile Leclanché Belge S.A. |
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With the exception of crystal receivers, all early
radio's used batteries - as many as three types of
batteries in the earliest commercial sets. These batteries were
known as A (filament voltage), B (plate voltage), and C
(grid bias voltage). Later,
batteries became the main power source for portable
(transistor)radios. |
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4.5 Volts "Auto Batterij"
multi purpose, from 1927, produced from the mid to late
1920s. |
Reverse side |
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1.5
- 9 Volts English EverReady "C" grid battery |
1.5
- 9 Volts French "C" grid battery |
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1.5
- 9 Volts English Vidor "C" grid battery |
1.5
- 9
Volts English Siemens "C" grid battery |
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6 Volts/9 volts French Leclanché
battery from the sixties |
3-15 Volt Witte Kat
"C" grid battery from the fifties |
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1.5
- 9 Volts English Exide Drydex "C" grid battery |
1.5 -9 Volt Marspen
grid bias battery made for Marks & Spencer |
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45
Volts American EveReady "B" battery |
1.5 Volts American Columbia "A"
battery |
