[Milsurplus] BA-3B Battery

[Al Klase]

FWIW:  That's the B-battery for the BC-611 handi-talkie. -  I believe 
they might have been mercury batteries, state-of-the-art for 1942.

Al

Al Klase – N3FRQ
Jersey City, NJ
http://www.skywaves.ar88.net/

On 10/3/2016 1:23 AM, Jim Hill wrote:
> I have some Eveready BA-3B 0962 batteries. They are in long olive drab 
> rectangular boxs, 1 1/2 x 1 1/4 x 11 1/2 inches.
>
> They are not usable as the "guts" has expanded, pushing out an end.  
> The individual cells are pancakes, about 1/8" think. Interestingly, 
> there are no corrosion materials, like you see in old flashlight 
> batteries.
>
> I don't know what to do with them.  Is there any call for them, or 
> should I just dump them in hazardous waste?
>
> Suggestions?
>
> Jim, w6ivw
>
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