Obsolete batteries

Some of these old style single cells that yours has two of are still used as part of a battery pack. I needed an IIRC No 11, for a test meter, and it turned out to be the same size as the cells used in the 4.5 v 'flat' battery fitted to many cycle lamps.

In message , Paul C Lewis writes

have you tried

Maplin.

I'd be STRONGLY tempted to make up a 2 or 3 cell Nicad pack and get a charger for it.

the diameter is the same as SUB C cells...two of these in series

Or for serous capacity

Very hard to find, and expensive. Even things like PP9's are hard to come by. MUCH better to make up a Nicad pack and alarldite them into a suitable tube or some such.

Lithium are a bit too expensive really. AND a bit too high voltage.

Two nicads make a good replacement for two dry cells.

This is Ever Readys new name

In message , Dave Plowman writes

I remember them.

Once upon a time, when I was in Nepal needed one for my torch, it was impossible to get one in Kathmandu. I got someone in a radio repair shop to solder together three AA cells

... but then I was ... very very drunk at the time

I expect there's a GPO or MoW (now MoD) part number for them and a huge warehouse full of them somewhere.

You could try here:-