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Originally Posted by broadgage
I also remember a type of Ever Ready battery not seen before or since. A very large pressed steel case with two screw terminals on top.
It contained 4 very large cells, probably the same as "FLAG" cells.
Hugely expensive, and I never saw the point of these rather than simply connecting 4 flag cells in series.
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They were "Lantern batteries" designed to power the sorts of powerful outdoor flashlights used by farmers, gamekeepers etc.
991 being the model-number. See
https://www.radiomuseum.org/r/ever_l...ttery_991.html
I had several of these flashlights over the years.