Yep, the A battery was for the filaments, the B battery for the plates, the
C battery for the grids, etc.
I'm sure the "B+" designation relates back to the golden days of battery
powered receivers.
WB2WIK/6
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Steve M [SMTP:wd0ct@networksplus.net]
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> Subject: Re: [Amps] Terminology Question
>
> I believe it is from the old broadcast receivers used by thousands of
> families in the 20s and 30s before they had powerlines to rural areas. I
> remember my grandfather and my dad speaking of the B battery. It supplied
> the plate voltage.
>
> 73
> Steve wd0ct
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> To: <Amps@contesting.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 7:51 PM
> Subject: [Amps] Terminology Question
>
>
> >
> > 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
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