> > My dad was just over visiting and I showed it to him. He says that he
>> has a similar one that was made in WW-II. He doesn't know what he's saving
>> his for either. He just says that it looked neat. I guess that I came by
>> being a pack rat honestly :-/
>
>Most of these batteries were made in World War 2, many by a company called
>Willard. They pretty much fell out of fashion roight after the war in new
>designs, but probably were still produced for all of the existing radios
>(mainly) that used them.
It sounds a lot like a battery we had a few of on the FFG-7 Class
ship I was on in the late 80's when I was an electrician. ISTR, that
they were intended for a couple high power flashlights. I also seem
to remember that they didn't work in spite of the ship only being a
couple years old :^/ As I recall the acid had leaked and pretty much
destroyed the boxes that were supposed to hold the batteries (I think
4 to a light).
Zane
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Received on Sat Jun 05 2004 - 23:34:27 BST