2007-02-09 07:50:10 · 11 answers · asked by Mark C 2 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Polls & Surveys
because the battery company doesnt know what comes after A
2007-02-09 07:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
In electronics, a B battery is any battery used to provide the plate voltage of a vacuum tube. It is sometimes colloquially referred to as a "dry battery" (although there's no reason why a "wet" battery of suitable voltage couldn't be utilised for the purpose) The term comes from the days of valve (tube) radios when it was common practice to use a dry battery for the plate (Anode) voltage and a rechargeable lead/acid "wet" battery for the filament voltage.
2007-02-09 15:56:33 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are. It's just a very uncommon size.
For a period of time in the early 20th Century there WERE in fact B batteries. They were used to supply the ANODE voltage ( Plate voltage ) in vacuum tube devices like early radio equipment. With the improvements that soon followed in converting AC to DC, it became less expensive to 'develop' the B voltage from a circuit called a 'power supply' and use of B batteries was confined to 'portable' devices.
With the development of the transistor, B voltage was no longer needed at all, and B batteries virtually disappeared from the market.
2007-02-09 15:54:28 · answer #3 · answered by pater47 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enough with all this scientific mumbo jumbo. The simple truth of the matter is that a B battery is useless as it is not required for any of the common household appliances known as...vibtators.
HA, now there is your answer in a nutshell. lol
2007-02-10 03:43:04 · answer #4 · answered by It's been awhile 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
how come a 6 volt battery is like ten times bigger than a 9 volt?
2007-02-09 15:58:11 · answer #5 · answered by My Dog Rowdy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
there are they are used in Britain for bike lights and some flashlights
2007-02-09 16:04:42 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like ya got a stutter when you ask for them.
2007-02-09 15:56:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your so deep today in thought
I can't answer this one either
2007-02-09 15:56:06 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Why is there an "Expiration Date" on SOUR cream ????
2007-02-09 15:54:02 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
who really cares...as long as my device works..I do not care if it is the letter "Q"....
2007-02-09 15:58:20 · answer #10 · answered by Cotton C 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋