[Milsurplus] WTD: BA-2 Battery Info

[J. Forster]

Hi Robert,

Again, thanks very much.  I think the dimensions are fractional though:

L 3.438  =  3 7/16
W 2.031  =  2 1/32
H 2.594  =  2 19/32

Best,

-John

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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:
>>
>> ooooo
>> ooooo
>> ooooo
>>
>> 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
>>
>> oooo o
>> oooo o
>> oooo o
>>
>> 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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