"B" for Battery is what I have always thought. ie Battery + and Battery -.
I could be wrong but that's what I call it.
73, Alek.
VK6APK
At 08:51 PM 20-03-02 -0500, you wrote:
>What is the origin of the B+ term in amp/radio/power supply terminology. I
>understand it to be the high voltage supply, but I do not know the origin of
>the designation and that has finally bothered me at age 52. It seems to me
>the only voltage referred to with this type of shorthand.........i.e. no A+
>or -; no B-, no C + or -.
>
>
>R Meadows
>k8BUX
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