Yes, there are B batteries! They are high voltage batteries (22V-500V) used in things like geiger counters, photoflash units, and old tube radios. They are almost always carbon-zinc cells.
MagLite still do C cell flashlights. Plus you guys in the USA get some great deals on lights from places like Costco, Wallmart and Home Depot. I’m not sure on all the brands, but often there’s a reasonable C cell flashlight among them.
I still have one of the lights that I used to use on my bicycle which takes two C or D batteries. Of course it’s completely outdated now in the era of super bright LEDs! :bigsmile:
When I was about 6, my dad took me to the local hardware store. I saw a battery for a radio that said it was 91 volts. Was about the size of a l pound butter stick. Just couldn’t imagine all that energy in a small box. SO, I gently put my little tongue on the electrodes, so that battery went flying through the air for about 20 feet. Everybody in the store was rolling on the floor laughing at me…I have never been *so shocked*in my life, I can still feel every little electron pounding my little body from the inside out!!!
Try tonguing one of those 450V photoflash batteries… it’s much more satisfying.
When I was a kid I wanted to see what electricity looked like. Being the budding young know-it-all genius I knew just how to find out. I plugged in the vacuum cleaner, turned it on (I knew electricity would not come out the plug unless you turned something on), and cut the cord with my mother’s best sewing shears. Electricity is blue and sparkly and will throw you across a room. J) Mothers are not blue or sparkly but will do worse than throw you across the room if you ruin their best sewing shears.