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TonyDuell · 16th Feb 2018, 5:58 am

I love these valve battery portables too. Most of mine are Vidor, but I have a few Every Ready, one of the Marconiphone pocket sets, etc too. In fact I got another Vidor yesterday, CN441 ('96 series valves on a PCB).

One thing I have learnt, alas, is that the previous owner often tries any batteries they can find and burns out the filaments.

I must get round to making up some batteries for mine. Most use the B126 for HT and AD35 or AD4 for LT. But at least one uses the B114, and I have some battery/mains sets (including one with a mains transformer and valve rectifier, an EZ40 I think) that use a 7.5V LT battery (all 5 sections of the 'D' series filaments in series).

16th Feb 2018, 5:58 am	#22
TonyDuell Dekatron Join Date: Jun 2015 Location: Biggin Hill, London, UK. Posts: 5,218	Re: AD35/B126 Batteries I love these valve battery portables too. Most of mine are Vidor, but I have a few Every Ready, one of the Marconiphone pocket sets, etc too. In fact I got another Vidor yesterday, CN441 ('96 series valves on a PCB). One thing I have learnt, alas, is that the previous owner often tries any batteries they can find and burns out the filaments. I must get round to making up some batteries for mine. Most use the B126 for HT and AD35 or AD4 for LT. But at least one uses the B114, and I have some battery/mains sets (including one with a mains transformer and valve rectifier, an EZ40 I think) that use a 7.5V LT battery (all 5 sections of the 'D' series filaments in series).