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Old 12-03-2018, 07:47 PM
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Originally Posted by decojoe67 View Post
The battery only sets seem to be smaller, lighter, and they were probably cheaper too than the plug-in models. Likely that appealed to people who might of also realized they had their AC home set. I believe these battery only sets had maybe one battery replacement and then they went into storage because, as is still today, batteries are expensive!
Also, the pre-war battery models spent 3 or 4 years on the closet shelf because batteries were almost un-available during the war.
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