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TonyDuell · 8th Jan 2019, 4:00 pm

Now I'm trying to remember....

The well-known lantern battery with the conical springs on to was a '996', wasn't it?

There was an identically-sized 6V battery with 4BA screw termnals where the springs would have been on the 996. One in the centre, one towards one corner. I would have to look up the number. Much less common was a version of that that was 1.5V (so the 4 cells were in parallel) again with screw terminals in those positions.

All those contained 4 F-size cells I think.

There was a larger 6V metal-cased battery that was used in some hand lamps. 2BA terminals on top.

I could probably find the numbers for all of those.

But one I vaguely remember (and it was certainly Ever Ready) but which I have not seen for many years. A large 4.5V battery, possibly 3 flag cells inside (yes, that large) with 2BA terminals on top. When I was a kid my father used to 'obtain' them. 3 in series ran my 12V Meccano motors. No I am certainly not thinking of the 126 here which was much smaller (3 E-size cells with 4BA terminals)

8th Jan 2019, 4:00 pm	#45
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,208	Re: Is Ever Ready still a part of your life? Now I'm trying to remember.... The well-known lantern battery with the conical springs on to was a '996', wasn't it? There was an identically-sized 6V battery with 4BA screw termnals where the springs would have been on the 996. One in the centre, one towards one corner. I would have to look up the number. Much less common was a version of that that was 1.5V (so the 4 cells were in parallel) again with screw terminals in those positions. All those contained 4 F-size cells I think. There was a larger 6V metal-cased battery that was used in some hand lamps. 2BA terminals on top. I could probably find the numbers for all of those. But one I vaguely remember (and it was certainly Ever Ready) but which I have not seen for many years. A large 4.5V battery, possibly 3 flag cells inside (yes, that large) with 2BA terminals on top. When I was a kid my father used to 'obtain' them. 3 in series ran my 12V Meccano motors. No I am certainly not thinking of the 126 here which was much smaller (3 E-size cells with 4BA terminals)