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RE: Philco radio battery boxes - jerryhawthorne - 11-03-2015

It sounds like to me that someone needs to "bite the bullet" and buy the Philco A/B battery on the internet to scan the graphics and photo shop it if one wishes to make repo batteries. It appears no one has scans of this particular battery.
Best, Jerry

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - klondike98 - 11-03-2015

Here are some graphics for a Philco P-274 battery.  The battery specs are A voltage 7.5 to 9, B voltage 90, L=9 7/8 inches, W= 2 3/16 inches, H= 4 1/8 inches.  

The scanner I had available would not capture the full size in one scan so there are 2 scans to capture the original image in tif format.  I also merged them into a single jpeg image and finally put it into a word document that is approximately the correct size.  I'm sure they need more work to get them to a printable version but its a start.
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54621529/Philco_P-274_battery1.tif
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54621529/Philco_P-274_battery2.tif
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54621529/Philco_P-274_battery.jpg
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/54621529/Philco%20_P-274_battery.docx

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - OldRestorer - 11-03-2015

Thanks Bob,
I will see what I can do.

Jerry,
Where can I buy the battery? I dont see any to buy online.

Me

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - jerryhawthorne - 11-03-2015

Kirk, there was one offered on e-bay and was commented on I believe here or the alternate forum. I don't know if I can dig it up or not. Someone else may recall, it was only a day or so I will look. They were selling the guts and the cover. Who wants the guts?
Jerry

Edit: Here is the link responsed to by our own Sam.

http://philcoradio.com/phorum/showthread.php?tid=13422&highlight=battery

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - sam - 11-04-2015

nope I will not do it 20 plus for that no way
sorry I`m not a purest battery is a battery

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - jerryhawthorne - 11-04-2015

The seller should lower the shipping if all you were interested in was the graphics. Who needs the tar filled stuff with its added weight?
Jerry

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - OldRestorer - 11-04-2015

A piece is taped to the box and it is missing another good sized piece so I'll wait for a beter one.

Me

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - jerryhawthorne - 11-05-2015

No problem Kirk. Someone familiar with Photo Shop (not me I have a friend to label reconstruction) should have no problem fixing the problems. Just a chance to get the graphics from a Philco 90/1.5V battery. I'm surprised no one seems to have them.
Best, Jerry

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - Raleigh - 11-08-2015

Kirk, what kind of radio do you want to make a battery for? There are lots of different sizes, voltages, and connector designs.

I have two old Philco batteries that I've made new guts for, using 9 volt and C or D cells. I can scan the boxes and send them to you if they're the kind you want. I'd have to look up the model numbers, but they are for a 41-81 and a 46-350.

Trouble is, I don't want to cut the boxes apart to make a flat scan of the whole box. I can make a scan of each side, but then someone would have to put them all together with photoshop or something to make a flat scan that could be printed out and folded to make a new box.

Old A/B batteries don't come up too often on ebay, Philco branded batteries even less. You often see B batteries with 67 1/2 or 45 volts, mostly Eveready, but sometimes other brands.

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - sam - 11-08-2015

hi john
philco batteries very rarely show up
if you can scan yours would be great
we can take  eveready lay out and change grafix

thanks sam

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - Warren - 11-08-2015

Hey guys, I bid on this battery and won. I thought when I received it I would open up the box and make a scan, then fix it in photo shop for anyone that needs one. So, if you need this battery box just give me a bit and I will either send you a scan of it or maybe print it out and send to you, either way you like. Seemed so many wanted it but didn't want to go through getting  it from ebay I figured I would see if I can do it for anyone that needs it. Let me know if you want one. Icon_eek

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - jerryhawthorne - 11-09-2015

Warren, bless you! Not that I need one but for those that have Philco radios that use that particular battery, the graphics are priceless! There is a section on the Phorum where you can place graphics and I have added a few of tube layouts on a couple of radios after scanning and correcting bad areas. Thanks for stepping up to the plate.
Best, Jerry

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - OldRestorer - 11-09-2015

Nice!

  I will buy a scan when it is done. That will defray the cost.
I dont need a specific battery for a specific radio.
I just wanted to get a collection of grafix (as Sam would say) Icon_lol

I got you a present Sam! A little one, lol

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - AI2V - 11-09-2015

I'm surprised that no one mentioned the 1928 era "Philco Socket Power B" supplies. Mine was seriously damage by acid leaks so I gutted it and was able to install a modified ARBE III supply. No holes were drilled in the front panel and only one binding post added.  Configuration and access to the ARBE taps are easily made by opening the top.

RE: Philco radio battery boxes - Warren - 11-09-2015

(11-09-2015, 12:58 AM)jerryhawthorne Wrote:  Warren, bless you! Not that I need one but for those that have Philco radios that use that particular battery, the graphics are priceless! There is a section on the Phorum where you can place graphics and I have added a few of tube layouts on a couple of radios after scanning and correcting bad areas. Thanks for stepping up to the plate.
Best, Jerry

Sure, once I get it and get it scanned I will post it on the site. Kirk, don't worry about paying for it I will just send the scanned/fixed copy here. The forum here has helped me a lot so this is one way I can pay everyone back.