A working replica of the Blue Bell battery has been listed for anyone who is interested in a 1.5 volt dry cell battery:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/300665123359?ssPageName=STRK:MESELX:IT&_trksid=p3984.m1555.l2649
Mike
Dennis Hallworth (Decins) makes these replica batteries. And he has a variety of the old labels.
Chuck
I stopped making the replicas when a company introduced a No. 6 replacement. You can see it here:
http://www.batterycountry.com/ShopSite/product9992.html
My labels can be seen here:
https://picasaweb.google.com/dencins/No6TelephoneDryCells#
( another Picasa external image storage site dead link - 10/26/23 )
I preferred to make the labels in the original colors.
Dennis Hallworth
Those are good looking, Dennis. The Blue Bell label seems to have been made in several variations. The background color on mine is a sort of tan-brown shade that doesn't reproduce well on a computer monitor.
Mike
Quote from: KyMike on February 17, 2012, 03:55:14 PM
The background color on mine is a sort of tan-brown shade that doesn't reproduce well on a computer monitor.
Mike
Yea, mine too. I suspect it is the high acid content in the paper.
I've been playing with the idea of making my own replicas. I found that spray paint cans are very similar in size to the number 6 battery.
Here's my first experiment in progress:
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-ABg-3MxFGMY/T1aV9zRrX1I/AAAAAAAABNk/o-sMSw5uDvQ/s640/IMGP1793.JPG)
I printed my label on a piece of cardstock. Here it's temporarily taped in place.
(https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-vVB5a9QXupk/T1aV_pJE53I/AAAAAAAABNs/rulvb4u69bM/s640/IMGP1794.JPG)
What's inside ? Several regular 1.5 volt D cells ??
D/P
Some of the ones I've seen use D cells.
Nothing's inside mine yet. I thought about paralleling a few D cells, or modifying a cell phone charger to output 1.5V. That, or using a few rechargeable NiCad batteries in series with diodes to drop the voltage to 1.5V.