ajmac Posted January 17, 2011 Share Posted January 17, 2011 Does anyone have a photo they could post of an original wartime 6v battery as fitted to British soft skins, carriers etc... I would like to have an idea what they looked like so I can tell how good the modern copies are. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Richard Farrant Posted January 18, 2011 Share Posted January 18, 2011 Does anyone have a photo they could post of an original wartime 6v battery as fitted to British soft skins, carriers etc... I would like to have an idea what they looked like so I can tell how good the modern copies are. Often hard rubber type casing with open bars linking cells. Best ones would be Lincon, as near as you will get. Some military batteries were in a wooden case, but that would be easy to replicate around a suitable battery. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ajmac Posted January 18, 2011 Author Share Posted January 18, 2011 Thanks Richard, nice web site, they are going in the note book. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Does anyone have a photo they could post of an original wartime 6v battery as fitted to British soft skins, carriers etc... I would like to have an idea what they looked like so I can tell how good the modern copies are. Um, I thought we'd got more battery photographs, but there's this one: http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/photos/battery-box.htm The wooden battery boxes are the same dimensions as the postwar pressed steel cases, since they had to be interchangeable without modifying the racks and clamps. Another possibly useful source is the REME battery shop EMER: http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/refEMERs/PwrJ330.pdf And the wartime version (which you'll need to request in the usual way): Doc: 5222 Maintenance, Testing & Repair of Lead Acid Batteries, 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th Line REME Workshops, August 1944 Hope this is some help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 I have a couple of NOS dry charged WD9 batteries, made in the 1980s but identical to the wartime batteries. These are correct for tanks and larger trucks, not sure about carriers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 23, 2011 Share Posted January 23, 2011 Upon further investimagation....... My batteries WD9, are 6V 150 Ah and you need Battery, secondary 6V 115 Ah, so not the same. I would also be interested in seeing a picture of that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chris Suslowicz Posted January 25, 2011 Share Posted January 25, 2011 Um, I thought we'd got more battery photographs, but there's this one: http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/photos/battery-box.htm The wooden battery boxes are the same dimensions as the postwar pressed steel cases, since they had to be interchangeable without modifying the racks and clamps. I found the other link: http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/battery/ This has actual dimensions, as well as the photographs. Note: these are all Signals batteries (i.e: for radio^Wwireless kit), not automotive types. Never ever use a cell discharge tester on a radio battery - it will seriously damage it. There's also our copy of the Defence Standards battery specifications (trawled off their website after I joked that "we ought to mirror this to reduce our load on their server"), and which promptly got all the interesting stuff (WS18 and WS38, etc.) specifications removed in a cleanup. http://www.royalsignals.org.uk/links.htm#battery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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