[Milsurplus] WTD: BA-2 Battery Info

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SB 11-6 gives decimal dimensions of the BA-2 as follows:

L 3.438
W 2.031
H 2.594

Same as Burgess 4156 and Eveready 763.

I don't have any drawings or photographs, though.  And none of the pubs I 
found the dimensions in give the exit locations for the two wires.  TM 11-351 
shows the wires exiting diagonally opposite top corners.  One of the 
drawings in 11-351 shows what I presume to be a commercial burgess battery with a 
Signal Corps sticker glued to the front (3.438 x 2.594) face.  Negative lead 
is front left and Positive rear right.  Later on, the cardboard would have 
been green with black lettering.  But I don't know of a drawing or photo I 
might have showing it.

In a message dated 10/18/2010 1:50:34 PM Central Daylight Time, 
jfor at quik.com writes: 
> Hi,
> 
> A couple of weeks ago, I got an absolutely beautiful pair of NOS TG-5-B
> Telegraph sets from a list member.
> 
> I now need to make a couple of BA-2 Line battery assemblies for them.
> 
> The BA-2 is a rectangular 22 1/2 V assembly made up of something like AA
> cells arranged thus:
> 
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> The terminals are flying leads.  I've found that common plastic battery
> holder fit near perfectly, 3 rows of 4xAA &1 column of 3x AA
> 
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> I'd like to make a cardboard sleeve to contain the holders and cells.
> 
> Does anybody know the outside dimensions of the original BA-2? Further, if
> abybody has good square on photos of the sides and ends, I'd really
> appreciate that also.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> -John
> 

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