[Milsurplus] BA-3B Battery

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Jim & Al,

I should have caught this yesterday given the visual similarity but the 
nomenclature is BA-38, not BA-3B.  Some system glitch kept the photos from 
displaying.

The BA-38 was also used in the SCR-625 Mine Detector, SCR-585 Glider radio 
and in the Navy AMA (similar to SCR-585)..

Chemistry was standard LeClanche (Carbon-Zinc) all the way up through 1993, 
when I placed what turned out to be the final contract for them from 
BrenTronics.

There are a number of BC-611 collectors around.  If the batteries still 
look new, some of them could want one display only battery for their 
collection.

Robert Downs - Houston
wa5cab dot com (Web Store)
MVPA 9480

In a message dated 10/03/2016 11:22:45 AM Central Daylight Time, 
ark at ar88.net writes: 
> 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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