Highfields Amateur Radio Club
Glossary of Radio Terms.

Appendix:
Battery Details.

NiMH rechargeables are available in high capacities which will give long life but the voltage is .3 of a volt less per battery. This compounds with the more batteries used, for example: 6 × 1.5 (9 volts) becomes 6 × 1.2 = 7.2 volts.

Equivalents:

14A, 14AC, 14D, 814, 4014, 4106, AM2, AM-2, BA-3042/U, Baby, C, E93, HP11, K4A, KC, LR14, LR14A, LR14N, MN1400, MX1400, R14, R14P, UM2,

Image
not to scale.
Common
Name.
Dimensions.
Length × Diameter.
Chemical Composition. Nominal Voltage.
C. 50 mm × 26.2 mm

Contacts:
Raised area Positive.
Flat opposite end Negitive.

Zinc Carbon

Zinc Chloride

Alkaline

NiCd

NiMH

1.5 volts.

1.2 volts
(NiMH and NiCd).

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