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Same reason there aren't B Batteries - because you could never be sure if someone had a stutter.
by zacharytelschow 8y ago
Same reason there aren't B Batteries - because you could never be sure if someone had a stutter.
- ddingus 8y agoIn older gear using vacuum tubes, it was common to have an a battery to power the circuit, and a b battery to power the tubes.
- stan_rogers 8y agoIt was actually more the case that the B battery was the "main" battery, and the A and C batteries being there just for the tubes. The A battery was for the cathode heater/filament - it was the one that needed to be big, since its job was to create a lot of heat - and the C, if present, was for grid bias. The main positive rail would be called B+ in a schematic, even for mains-powered equipment, the same way that Vcc is used in transistor circuits.
- ddingus 8y agoThanks. I had them backwards. I had one of these portable radios as a kid. Been a long time. :D
- news_to_me 8y agoDon't forget to give credit where due. Joke source: Demetri Martin
- perl4ever 8y agoI think there are B batteries, they are just obscure compared to C and A. According to a cursory check of Wikipedia, a lantern battery such as "Energizer 3LR12 4.5 V Max Battery" sold in the UK contains three of what may be known as B cells. Incidentally, someone once told me he had experience in "C+" programming and I've never been sure if he was joking.
- lostgame 8y agoI often incorrectly refer to C++ or worse, even C, as C+. I hear others make this mistake, too. I think it's just a colloquialism?