B-battery

Before electric lines reached rural homes, anyone lucky enough to have a radio had to use a battery-powered one. Before the introduction of radios that operated on a six-volt car battery, a low voltage dry cell battery (A-battery) and a high voltage battery (B-battery) made up of a series of low voltage dry cells were required.

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