Eveready No.964 battery

[Val]

Sorry, no German item, but still so historic that i can't find any info by myself.
Could our US members look at your old Eveready catalogs and give me
some info:

Eveready No.964 / ANSI / NEDA 20

http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Fi...735403163).jpg

#1 Where it was exactly used?
#2 What are the dimensions - diameter, height?
#3 What's the capacity?

Thanks!

[rv12p2000]

Hello Val

I think a civil battery for filament volatge
see : http://www.radiomuseum.org/r/militar...36_bc_611.html

see pics with heather and high tension battery

Regards
Rv12P2000

[Val]

Thank you, Rv12P2000,

I meanwhile found this:

http://www.daileyint.com/mytimes/sisfive.htm

Look at the pictures in the middle of the page.

Those batteries are marked similary - "radio A battery",
but those cans are huge! So if the 964 is filament battery,
it cannot be very small, definitely not in the league of the
modern AA battery - so measures should also give an answer
to it's purpose (it's only 1.5 volt).

[Val]

Got a hint.

"That's a Size G Balanced Battery for 1950s personal portables. Usually came in pairs along with either a 67.5, 75 or 90 volt B battery."

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/eveready,radio

Bad thing is, that i know nothing about US/British cell sizes.
What's the measures of the G cell?

[ChrisMA]

Got a hint.

"That's a Size G Balanced Battery for 1950s personal portables. Usually came in pairs along with either a 67.5, 75 or 90 volt B battery."

http://flickrhivemind.net/Tags/eveready,radio

Bad thing is, that i know nothing about US/British cell sizes.
What's the measures of the G cell?

Actually it is size "A", as written on the label. The size is (øxh) 17x50mm. The IEC name is R23 (Carbon-Zinc) or LR23 (Alkaline).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes
Typically these are consumer batteries from radio portables of the 50s.

[Val]

Actually it is size "A", as written on the label. The size is (øxh) 17x50mm. The IEC name is R23 (Carbon-Zinc) or LR23 (Alkaline).
See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes
Typically these are consumer batteries from radio portables of the 50s.

But how about this then

http://www.ppinyot.com/transoceanic/...46%20repro.jpg

Radio A battery written on it and then containing 3 G size cells?

I think you mismatch form factor and purpose here - A, B and C batteries were for tube radios - A for filament, B for anode and C for grid. Later B and C batteries were combined together - thats why you see on anode batteries also small negative line of output, for grid bias. Thats is battery purpose.

Form factor is another thing. In the beginning of the 20.th century there were LOT of different size batteries , A, B, C, D, F, G, 3B, 2BF etc. For us C and D form factor survived. B cells are not sold separately any more, european flat 4.5V battery contains three B cells inside. From A cell smaller AA and AAA cells developed 1907 and 1911 and those are with us today. More exotic stuff disappear.

Regarding G cell what i figured out so far : size G : Dimension: 41 mm Diameter. x 90 mm Height

Can anyone US/British confirm?

BTW, who wants make replicas - http://radionostalgia.club/lib/Images/battery/Unsorted/

There are also german 4.5 flat battery labels, but unfortunately misspelled.