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Why Aren't There B Batteries? (2022)
- thunderbong 2y agoWikipedia article has photos https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery
- zamadatix 2y agoNon-mobile link (will still automatically switch for mobile users anyways): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery
- DSMan195276 2y agoThis article is a bit odd. It does mention the "B" vacuum tube batteries you linked in that Wikipedia page, but B-size batteries are not the same thing. The article kinda mentions this ("voltage range of 45 to 90" vs 1.5v) but overall just conflates the two.
- jojobas 2y agoIt's almost as if the shortest possible designations are most likely collision candidates.
- pony_sheared 2y agoI think the oddness is the LLM content generator conflating information about the 2 types of batteries.
- DSMan195276 2y agoYeah I was wondering if it might be LLM generated, it just seems so pointless though. Additionally while the date could obviously be fake, June 2022 is before ChatGPT came out.
- fallingsquirrel 2y agoThose aren't B batteries, they're "B" batteries. You can tell because there's also a photo of a "C" battery that isn't cylindrical. There's a photo of an actual B battery here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-AA-battery.jpg https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-AA-battery.jpg Linked from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes
- thunderbong 2y agoThe B battery referred to in the article is a vacuum tube battery. The B battery you linked, is an carbon-zinc/alkaline battery and against that the comment says - > Most commonly found within a European 4.5-volt lantern battery. Not to be confused with the vacuum tube B battery
- akira2501 2y agoThis is a latern battery. You put other batteries in it. That's why it's called the 3R12. There are 3x R12 batteries in it. https://www.google.com/search?q=European+4.5-volt+lantern+battery https://www.google.com/search?q=European+4.5-volt+lantern+ba....
- leke 2y agoI remember seeing something like these in roadwork flashing lanterns.
- xnx 2y ago"I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.'" Demetri Martin
- Animats 2y agoThis confuses a B cell with a B battery. A B cell is a single dry cell in a package between A and C size.[1] Voltage around 1.5V. A B battery is a stack of tiny dry cells used to provide plate voltage for a vacuum tube. Voltages in the 45 to 90 volt range.[2] [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes [2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray-O-Vac_Radio_'B'_Battery,_45_volts,_French_Battery_Company,_Madison,_Wisconsin_-_National_Electronics_Museum_-_DSC00237.JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray-O-Vac_Radio_'B'_...
- Dylan16807 2y ago> This confuses a B cell with a B battery. Right. The vacuum tube A B and C are a completely separate system. If you want to claim it's the missing "B", then you have to explain why there are two wildly different "C"s.
- bdndndndbve 2y agoThis post is just weird AI vomit, it's completely incoherent.