[NJARC] plastic battery tubes

[E. Suhaka]

How about 244 nine volt batteries?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8hwLHdBTQ7s

Kids go ahead and do this at home, I don't care, but not at my house.

Ed N2COV

On 9/15/2016 7:27 PM, Robert Bennett wrote:
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> John -
>              About 20 batteries would fit a 48” tube. The math would make it 30 volts. Slightly more if the batteries are new, so figure 32-33 volts.
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> Bob Bennett
> Just full of absolutely useless information.
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> On Sep 15, 2016, at 6:04 PM, oldradio at comcast.net wrote:
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>> Hi Bill,
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>> If after you split them, hit them with some heat (hairblower) and put a band around them, slightly smaller than a D battery.  After cooling take off the band and they will hold the batteries even better.
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>> Congrats to all on this substitute.
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>> I wonder if you take the entire 48" length and fill it with batteries, what the voltage would be?
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>> 73, John
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>> From: "Bill Zukowski" <n2yeg at optonline.net>
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>> Sent: Thursday, September 15, 2016 5:35:37 PM
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>> Looked at the T12 guard tubes, but they were about 1/4 inch loo large
>> (ID).  Went home disappointed, but then while explaining my plight to a
>> friend, I had an epiphany.
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>> After cutting the tube to the correct length, 6 1/2 inches, I cut the
>> tube lengthwise, from end to end, and the tube contracted.  So I
>> inserted 3 batteries, and the natural tension of the plastic closed
>> around the batteries.  Applied some solvent type glue that seeped
>> between the surfaces and that was it!
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>> Trimmed the edges with a scissor, and it looks almost factory.  The 8
>> foot tube was about $5, so at 6 1/2 inches per tube, I can make 14
>> tubes.  A guy on ebay is selling the battery tubes for about $20.  So,
>> if I charge only $10 each, that's $140!  A profit of $135!!
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>> Don't attempt this, I have a patent pending.
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>> On 9/13/2016 7:12 PM, Bill Zukowski wrote:
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>>> Thanks everyone.  The fluorescent guard tubes sounds like a plan.
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>>> On 9/13/2016 5:47 PM, islandradiosvc--- via NJARC wrote:
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>>>> I have used the guard tubes they sell for T-12 lamps , I believe you
>> can get them in Home Depot...  You can cut them down to size, and they
>> are not expensive..
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>>>> In a message dated 9/13/2016 5:13:59 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time,
>> n2yeg at optonline.net writes:
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>>>>     Looking for plastic tubes to hold three D cells in holder.
>> Working on a Zenith R-1000 with nine batteries that won't stay in the
>> holder (need 3 tubes).
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>>>>     Did the usual Google search to no avail.  Did find some on ebay
>> however - at $18.95 each!
>>>>
>>>>     Any ideas?
>>>>
>>>>     Thanks, Bill
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