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Old 04-09-2021, 11:20 AM
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You can try a 6/12 volt car battery charger, good for at least 5 amps.
You have to use a 1000mfd or more across the output of the charger. Observe polarity! The set uses a synchronous vibrator.
Anyone that has been in this game for any length of time, has a high current battery eliminator.
I had my Knight-kit battery eliminator since I first started repairing radios over 60 years ago.
I saw a knight kit A battery eliminator of the 6V variety for sale on Facebook Marketplace but they wanted over $100 for it even though it wasn't in working order.
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Old 04-09-2021, 11:56 AM
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I saw a knight kit A battery eliminator of the 6V variety for sale on Facebook Marketplace but they wanted over $100 for it even though it wasn't in working order.
The Knight-kit battery eliminator was $37.50 back in the early 60's. A lot of money back then. Before we had a sales tax.
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Old 04-09-2021, 12:33 PM
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMBO-OF-2-...0AAOSwsc5e48Qg

Here's a pair of 6V 12AH batteries, buy these and put them in parallel and you've got 6V at 24AH available to your radio for under $30 shipped.

Keeping them charged is then a simple matter of any of the multitude of cheap chargers also sold on the 'Bay ........

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Old 04-09-2021, 02:19 PM
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https://www.ebay.com/itm/COMBO-OF-2-...0AAOSwsc5e48Qg

Here's a pair of 6V 12AH batteries, buy these and put them in parallel and you've got 6V at 24AH available to your radio for under $30 shipped.

Keeping them charged is then a simple matter of any of the multitude of cheap chargers also sold on the 'Bay ........
I'll give those a looking at.
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Old 04-09-2021, 12:38 PM
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I saw a knight kit A battery eliminator of the 6V variety for sale on Facebook Marketplace but they wanted over $100 for it even though it wasn't in working order.
Where are you located? Reason being, I have a near-new DuraCell Ultra gel cell, 6V 42AH battery. Only used once for servicing a friend's '41 Buick radio. Probably will never use it again. Sucker weighs about 12 pounds (the battery, not the radio. )

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Old 04-09-2021, 02:17 PM
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Where are you located? Reason being, I have a near-new DuraCell Ultra gel cell, 6V 42AH battery. Only used once for servicing a friend's '41 Buick radio. Probably will never use it again. Sucker weighs about 12 pounds (the battery, not the radio. )
I'm located near Bristol, Indiana which is about 10 minutes from the Indiana/Michigan Border, and about 2 hours from the Indiana/Ohio Border and the Illinois/Indiana Border.
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