[UK-CONTEST] OT - Eveready No 6 ignitor batteries

[Peter Hobbs]

Entirely OT, but . . .well you know the rationale.  In the olden days, before the days of spark, all ironmongers kept big cylindrical single cell zinc carbon batteries with terminals on top, which were used to power gas igniters with a little electrically heated element.  The batteries are still made in the US (now alkaline I think) and available from on-line merchants, but none that I have found will ship them to the UK, I assume for safety reasons.  Anyone happen to know of a UK source?  (qty 4 are needed to power a General Radio 650A Impedance Bridge) 

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73, Peter G3LET