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.
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.
"I noticed that there are no B batteries. I think that's to avoid confusion, cause if there were you wouldn't know if someone was stuttering. 'Yes, hello I'd like some b-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries.' 'What kind?' 'B-batteries!' and D-batteries that's hard for foreigners. 'Yes, I would like de batteries.'"
This confuses a B cell with a B battery. A B cell is a single dry cell in a package between A and C size.[1] Voltage around 1.5V. A B battery is a stack of tiny dry cells used to provide plate voltage for a vacuum tube. Voltages in the 45 to 90 volt range.[2]
Right. The vacuum tube A B and C are a completely separate system. If you want to claim it's the missing "B", then you have to explain why there are two wildly different "C"s.
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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
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
https://www.google.com/search?q=European+4.5-volt+lantern+ba....
Demetri Martin
[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes
[2] https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray-O-Vac_Radio_'B'_...
Right. The vacuum tube A B and C are a completely separate system. If you want to claim it's the missing "B", then you have to explain why there are two wildly different "C"s.