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Replacement valve battery 90 Volt HT

This battery is a earlier version of the popular B126. As I have customers who prefer batterys to match the period of their portable radio's I can now offer this as a alternative compared to the later 1960's version above.

Connections are via chock block as the original fittings cannont be found

Replacement battery 1.5 Volt LT  (AD35)

This battery compliments the 90 Volt HT battery B126, again a period battery from the late 1940's compared to the 1960's version

This Battery was designed for use in the Ever Ready Sky radio's of the 1950's,

Sky Baronet

Sky Casket

Sky Princess

Sky Baby

This battery is quite wide but due to limitations in the cases it is only 1.5 inches wide.

These batterys were first produced around 1946 and were often used in pairs to create the 90 Volt HT supply on the portable valve radio's, I have seen this in the early Bush model's.

I have the 1950's version on the next battery page

These batterys were first introduced in the 1960's and were very popular at the time, and continuing from the cardboard version shown here to being produced in tin throughout the 70's and into the eighties and as far as i can recall production finished in the early 1990's.

So having an extensive life before being replaced with the smaller PP9 at the end. Of course the PP9 was also introduced in the 1960's, but the earlier portable radio's at the time required a larger capacity battery for every day use.

This battery comes complete with leads via choc block to allow connection with the radio.

These large and heavy batteries were combined 90 Volt HT & 1.5 Volt LT. The reason why they were so sizeable was due to giving a minimum of 250 hours of use. I imagine the long usage took some of the sting of buying one. These were used in the Sky series of Ever Ready battery radios. The version I can offer looks the same but, due to cost in shipping weight and the amount of dry cells needed, is reduced to give an equivalent usage as per the standard versions available

We also offer the Ever Ready B136 on the other battery page

Fitting is via chock block via the original plug. Instructions given

Due to size and weight £5.00 postage and package is included

This combined 90 Volt HT and 7.5 Volt LT battery was created in the mid 1950's to support the Vidor range of jewel case radio's that were battery/mains hence the higher LT voltage.

The Ever Ready equivalent being the B148 and the size is 2.75 , 3.5 , 3.5 inches

                                                                                    70mm , 89mm 89mm

This battery was used for the valve portables of the late 1920's and 1930's, at 25cm width 16.5 cm depth and 7 cm in height, these portables were not light weight.

The Pye series for example would have used these at the time, offering up to 144 Volts HT if the grid bias was not required, but from experience most radio,s would be set at 126 volts and 60 volts for them to work correctly.

As standard this battery will be offered with connections via chock block of 126 and 63 volts and all the bias tappings as the HT voltage falls, alterations to the bias would be required.

This is a rare battery to find and this copy is from around a 1936/37 battery which I have in my collection.

If other HT tappings are required I can supply them as standard for you.

Due to the size and the number of cells required this is quite expensive to produce.

Rare find, this battery will look good for the owners of mid to late 1920's receivers, the battery will have fittings for all the outputs, these being 1.5, 3.0, 4.5, 6.0, 7.5 and 9.0 volts via chock block.

As we know bias arrangements were not accurate and depends also on the HT battery so quite often these would be altered to suit. Bias batterys due to very low current requirements will last a very long time, and sorry but the original price of 10d has due to inflation been increased

Quite rare the GEC BB414 battery was a equivalent to the Ever Ready AD14 as used on the Sky casket radios.

As the case was large the later models had the large and heavy combined battery giving extended usage, before these were produced the single version for HT was produced to compliment the LT unit GEC BB502.

The battery measures 8 inches width, 3 inches height by just under 1.5 inches in depth.

This will be offered as a high capacity as intended

This battery was used in early period 1920's - 1930's battery operated receivers where a seperate bias voltage was required.

It has 1.5,3,4.5,6,7.5 and 9 volt outlets, I can either have this preset to your own requirements fitting via connectors, or can supply just the box so you can build it yourself using your own 1.5 volt combination. The battery is quite small at 12.2cm width, 7cm in height and just 2 cm in depth. See attached photo of just the box in place.

The copy for you to cut out and make up is £4.0 including P&P or complete to your choice of voltage outlets as listed below.

The Ever Ready 1.5 Volt LT battery was a high capacity battery and introduced around 1946, measuring at 2.6 inches square by 3.8 inches in height, it is twice the size of the AD35 that was introduced only two years later.

This will have a higher current capacity to take into account its original intended use.

Please see batteries page 2 as the 1950's AD4 and the 90 Volt HT battery B117 is availible there

Ever Ready PP1 Battery ( 6 volt) . These batteries were used on transistorised radio's of the late 1950's and early 60's.

Typical radio receivers were Decca TPW70 , TP44, TP60 the Ekco BPT series, ACE , HMV and Murphy.

This battery comes supplied with chock block connectors as the original fittings are difficult to fit.

These are the higher capacity versions offering a prolonged use of the heater supply, this version comes with a interesting fact of having the Dec 27th 1967 lable still attached and for interest had never been used. Size 9.5 cm width, 9.5 cm height and 3.5 cm depth

Rare and interesting battery the PP8 is quite a size to, standing just under 8 inches high, 2.4 inches in width and 2 inches in depth. Used in particular on the early Roberts radio's of the 1950's.

These batterys were used on the popular Vidor range of jewel cased radio's of the 1950's, typical the mains/battery versions as the LT battery (L5060) was 7.5 volt not the more typical 1.5 volt often used.

This compliments the Vidor L5536 and was used on the Jewel case radio's of the 50's typical, mains/battery versions of the period

The B114 battery is a copy of an original period version fitted with new cells given you the voltages required to run your period small personal radio receiver again with that original classic look.

The connections are via wires with choc-block and colour coded to identify which way this is fitted to your pin plug.

Comes complete with fitting instructions, as always I'm only a phone call away if in doubt.

This battery is the British version of the one below (USA) and was used on portable radio's of the 1940's/50's, due to the limited size of the box the PD will be 64 Volt, but this will not have an issue with the receiver, I can fit the correct voltage but this would require smaller Amp/hour battery pack, if prefered.

These are quite hard to find now, as these were used on the early 1950's radio such as on Vidor Henley CN426 and Pye P131MBQ for example. The matching 90 Volt L5512 is also availiable

This battery complements the Vidor L5048 7.5 Volt battery, this being for the HT 90 volt typically operated in the bVidor range of dual mains/battery dual case radios (Henley CN426) and the Pye P131 MBQ.

The Vidor L5040 compliments the 90 Volt HT version above, ideal if you have one of the many Vidor range dual case radio's. First introduced around 1964 until 1970. The later 60's versions are on the next battery page

It has the same specfication as the Ever Ready AD35

Again one of the larger series batterys supplied by Ever Ready for the radio's of the early 1950's, for example the Ferranti 945, as well as the range of Ever Ready models of the time. The AD14 that compliments this battery (1.5 Volt) is on the other battery page with the 1950's B107.

This re-production even shows the slight fading as per the original as it had been stored in the same radio from new.

The connections are via chock block connection, allowing fitting to the original pins

I have now recently aquired a cleaner battery, lower picture, this will be the one sent off to you, as you can imagine it takes time to source good condition versions sometimes these are located as a time capsule left for decades in the receiver intended for use as per this one.

This rare 67.5 volt HT batteries are very expensive to purchase when you can find them. These were used on the late 1940's- early 50's personal radios as an example the RCA Victor BP-10. The LT 1.5 Volt for the valve heaters is a standard off the shelf unit, so no problem there. This copy is from an RCA version, which allows you to fit this in the space provided, it has two wires from it identified plus and minus via the colour coding. Instructions to fit included. Price includes P&P in the UK.