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Chindit · 16th Feb 2018, 3:22 pm

Sounds good Sam! So far, I've never used the interweb downloads for making battery graphics - just photocopied my own cases from my battery carton library. I generally re-use existing sockets from old B126, AD35, B136 or B141 batteries although I did come across some brand new B114 style sockets at a sale years ago.
I did make an Ever Ready Portable 56 HT battery from scratch for use in a 2 volt valve battery Ecko that I had years ago. This had a QP25 push-pull output stage that delivered about a watt! Shame I sold it really. I've also made combined HT/LT/GB 162/3 volt batteries for use in Wireless Sets 18 and 46, again from first principles. I did the graphics on the PC and printed them out on brown cardboard taken from filing cabinet suspension files. I then folded the box and lined it with thin aluminium sheet glued in place. Like you, I used dismantled B4 valve holders to make up the rather unusual 5-pin sockets that these batteries use.
Colin.

16th Feb 2018, 3:22 pm	#30
Chindit Tetrode Join Date: Feb 2011 Location: Bishop Auckland, County Durham, UK. Posts: 97	Re: AD35/B126 Batteries Sounds good Sam! So far, I've never used the interweb downloads for making battery graphics - just photocopied my own cases from my battery carton library. I generally re-use existing sockets from old B126, AD35, B136 or B141 batteries although I did come across some brand new B114 style sockets at a sale years ago. I did make an Ever Ready Portable 56 HT battery from scratch for use in a 2 volt valve battery Ecko that I had years ago. This had a QP25 push-pull output stage that delivered about a watt! Shame I sold it really. I've also made combined HT/LT/GB 162/3 volt batteries for use in Wireless Sets 18 and 46, again from first principles. I did the graphics on the PC and printed them out on brown cardboard taken from filing cabinet suspension files. I then folded the box and lined it with thin aluminium sheet glued in place. Like you, I used dismantled B4 valve holders to make up the rather unusual 5-pin sockets that these batteries use. Colin.