Today I Found Out

Why are There No B Batteries? (2018x111)

Fecha de emisión: Abr 29, 2018

If you happen to like our videos →→Subscribe for new videos every day! https://www.youtube.com/user/TodayIFoundOut?sub_confirmation=1 Never run out of things to say at the water cooler with TodayIFoundOut! Brand new videos 7 days a week! More from TodayIFoundOut The Siberian Family Who Didnt See Other Humans For Over 40 Years https://youtu.be/zwN7UNZIevs?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR Adolf Hitler's British Nephew Who Joined the U.S. Navy https://youtu.be/WbvR1VtfShw?list=PLR0XuDegDqP33-NUx7wuKb-3PDj-gRKgR In this video: There actually are B batteries, but they aren’t something you’ll usually see stocked at most stores any longer. Since the invention of the battery, there have been a pretty amazingly diverse number of battery types used with different sizes/shapes/voltages/storage capacities/etc., and also named a variety of things. This gave rise to the need for an industry wide standard, particularly as the lack of an international or even national standard during WWI was problematic for the military. Want the text version?: http://www.todayifoundout.com/index.php/2012/05/why-are-there-no-b-batteries/ Sources: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_battery_sizes http://www.ansi.org/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battery_%28vacuum_tube%29 http://www.swe.com/admin/FILES/ANSI%20Battery%20Standardization%20History.pdf http://www.antiquewireless.org/otb/biascell.htm http://blogcritics.org/scitech/article/q-why-do-battery-letters-skip/ http://antiqueradio.org/bsupply.htm Image Credit: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Batteries_comparison_4,5_D_C_AA_AAA_AAAA_A23_9V_CR2032_LR44_matchstick-1.jpeg https://www.flickr.com/photos/moria/393087509 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:6_most_common_battery_types-1.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:24A_LR03_AAA_battery.jpg https://www.flickr.com/photos/jeepersmedia/15203928442 https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ray-O-Vac_Radio_%27B%27_Battery,_45_vol