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emeritus · 13th Apr 2021, 12:42 pm

I think they were already available in 1967, certainly by 1968. When I was a student I bought a set of 6 for my Philips EL3585 tape recorder, but they were too powerful for its centrifugal speed regulator to cope with, the motor running too fast with fresh batteries, so I stuck with the ordinary U2 cells.

13th Apr 2021, 12:42 pm	#6
emeritus Dekatron Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: Brentwood, Essex, UK. Posts: 5,345	Re: Anyone know the date range for these old batteries. I think they were already available in 1967, certainly by 1968. When I was a student I bought a set of 6 for my Philips EL3585 tape recorder, but they were too powerful for its centrifugal speed regulator to cope with, the motor running too fast with fresh batteries, so I stuck with the ordinary U2 cells.