vintage ge p-808e solid state am radio

[Ed in Tx]

I've got one of those radios. Got it with Plaid stamps from the A&P grocery store! I think it was 8 books of stamps. geezz.. talk about a lost era.

I took an old Eveready #266 battery, removed the innards, kept the terminals, and installed a regular 9V battery connector so it looks stock anyway.

[timmy]

Originally Posted by Ed in Tx

I've got one of those radios. Got it with Plaid stamps from the A&P grocery store! I think it was 8 books of stamps. geezz.. talk about a lost era.

I took an old Eveready #266 battery, removed the innards, kept the terminals, and installed a regular 9V battery connector so it looks stock anyway.

yes the 266 is a 9 volt battery but its 2500ah, thats alot so what i did was put 3- 9v batterys together with there clips and had another one of those big battery clips and soldered it to the 3 9v clips and it just plugs right on to the original battery clip. so to get 2500ah i would need 5 9v so i decided to use 3 and get around 1500ah. i used duracell and they are 500ah each which comes to 1500ah. energizer is 600ah. lost era,oh yes but i do remember those stamps.

[Ed in Tx]

Originally Posted by timmy

yes the 266 is a 9 volt battery but its 2500ah..

The radio only pulls 20 mA when it's playing (I just measured it) so a standard 9V should last a long time.

[Ed in Tx]

Interesting about the speaker and the magnets gradually failing. Mine still plays loud and clear. Apparently they all don't lose their magnetism over time.