On: Why Aren't There B Batteries? (2022)

[thunderbong]

Wikipedia article has photos

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery

[DSMan195276 → thunderbong]

This article is a bit odd. It does mention the "B" vacuum tube batteries you linked in that Wikipedia page, but B-size batteries are not the same thing. The article kinda mentions this ("voltage range of 45 to 90" vs 1.5v) but overall just conflates the two.

[pony_sheared → DSMan195276]

I think the oddness is the LLM content generator conflating information about the 2 types of batteries.

[DSMan195276 → pony_sheared]

Yeah I was wondering if it might be LLM generated, it just seems so pointless though. Additionally while the date could obviously be fake, June 2022 is before ChatGPT came out.

[jojobas → DSMan195276]

It's almost as if the shortest possible designations are most likely collision candidates.

[zamadatix → thunderbong]

Non-mobile link (will still automatically switch for mobile users anyways): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vacuum_tube_battery

[fallingsquirrel → thunderbong]

Those aren't B batteries, they're "B" batteries. You can tell because there's also a photo of a "C" battery that isn't cylindrical.

There's a photo of an actual B battery here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:B-AA-battery.jpg

Linked from: https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes

[thunderbong → fallingsquirrel]

The B battery referred to in the article is a vacuum tube battery.

The B battery you linked, is an carbon-zinc/alkaline battery and against that the comment says -

> Most commonly found within a European 4.5-volt lantern battery. Not to be confused with the vacuum tube B battery

[akira2501 → thunderbong]

This is a latern battery. You put other batteries in it. That's why it's called the 3R12. There are 3x R12 batteries in it.

https://www.google.com/search?q=European+4.5-volt+lantern+ba....

[leke → akira2501]

I remember seeing something like these in roadwork flashing lanterns.