Looking for batteries for a portable
 

I scored a Motorola model 5P31A for a whole 3 bucks. It's a great sounding little radio, and I would like to find some batteries for it if i could. It uses an Eveready no. 479 90-volt A battery and a no. 707 7.5-volt B battery. I've tried eBay and Google with no luck. Are there any places I can still get these, or am I going to have to cram nine 9-volts in there??? :D

The radio:

http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll...MEWN:IT&ih=006

Try http://www.tubesandmore.com

Wonder if I could fit two of their #S-Z415's in there? Looks to have the same connector.

P.S.-- I LOVE that avatar. :huge:

90v Eveready 479 batteries are still available. Look here: http://www.handyacehardware.com/prod...spx?pid=116812

Im using 10 rechargeable NIMH 9v batteries wired in series to power my transoceanic. I wonder if they would fit?

My brother (older) had one of those radios prior to 1963. I believe he received it for a Christmas present in 1961!!!

Wow, really? That's cool! :thmbsp: This radio came in many colors; any idea what his was?

P.S.--In this thread of mine, the radio's in the background of the picture in the first post.

http://www.audiokarma.org/forums/sho...88#post1459088

Thanks! Looks like that will work. :yes: Now I gotta track down the #707.:D

I make a 707 if you can't find a solution. Mine uses 5 AA batteries, looks and works like the original.

That is something I'll have to try with my Trans-O. :thmbsp:

BTW love your sig! :thmbsp: :cool:

I always have loved those old Zenith TVs!

That brings back some memories from the early '70s. In the mid-to-late '50s my grandparents had gotten one exactly like the one you show for my great grandmother who lived with them in her last years. She was a smart--and a petite-but-feisty lady--one that didn't take any BS. She was nicknamed "Small" by the family. I'm told she had met me, and held me in her arms when I was a baby. I don't remember it, and she was long gone by the time I would've been able to meet her and have any memory of it.

I watched programs such as the Three Stooges on WSBK channel 38 and WLVI channel 56 on that set years later when visiting the grandfolks.

Ah for the daze of innocence....:sigh::D

OK folks! Sorry for the hijack! I'll behave now.... :o

How much do you charge? :D

Just a trickle. :D

$20. Here are pic's of a Zenith version I did awhile back. Basically a 707 is a sawed-down version of a 9v 276. It has two banks that hold 5 AA's each. You can go on economy and fill one bank or fill both for greater longevity.

I have repro covers for most brands.

Wow, $20 for a reusable holder? That's a steal! :huge: Do you accept non-electronic forms of payment? (sorry if this is the wrong place to ask)

EDIT: About the covers, my radio is a Motorola. If you don't have that one, the Zenith looks nice.

Best thing to do is contact me at batterymaker at gmail dot com and we'll go from there.