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Why Aren't There B Batteries? (2022)

Many people have been asking questions about what happened to B batteries? Why is it no longer on American store shelves? Does it even exist?

After world war 1, officials from businesses and governments across the globe gathered to devise a vocabulary system (choosing names for things, especially in science or close discipline) for all of the cells and batteries that had recently been standardized. The B batteries never really sold for too long, it was a major flop to the producers because consumers later went for the smaller sizes like AA and AAA, so it was abandoned. A or B-size batteries aren’t readily available at your local hardware shop or Walmart, but that doesn’t mean they don’t exist.

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