EverReady AD35, Vidor L5040

The EverReady AD35 battery was popular in portable valve radios of the late 40's, 1950's and the first couple of years of the 1960's and provided 1.5 volts to power the valve heaters. The Pye P114BQ, for instance, used a B126 and an AD35.

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left click to enlarge AD35 in old style EverReady design from Bill Morris of Indianapolis.

left click to enlarge Another style of EverReady AD35 from Keith Waters. See Keith's method of making battery covers at the bottom of this page.

left click to enlarge   This is the Vidor version L 5040.

left click to enlarge  Another Vidor version of the L 5040 but a few years older. In the originals the band across the middle is more orange than the band in the one above.

 

Just right click your mouse on the required version and select "Print Target" or save to your computer by selecting "Save Target As..." then print it out. Use something like Paint Shop to resize the image so that when completed the battery should form a cube with sides 3.125"x2.625"x1.5" (or 80mmx67mmx38mm).  Print onto paper first to check the size then print it onto the thickest card your printer can handle, cut around the whole shape, crease where necessary and glue all but the top flaps together. The batteries I used were 2x1.5 volt D cell batteries wired in parallel which fit neatly inside with the help of a bit of expanded polystyrene padding.

I had this email from Keith Waters who describes the way he makes battery covers.

"....... I've tried various methods of making
them, and I've found the best so far is to print the scans on good
quality ink jet paper on my Epson Photo 750 printer, then sticking the
resulting prints onto 220 g/sq m cartridge paper using spray-mount or
similar. This method has the advantage that the bigger batteries can be
made up using one sheet of cartridge paper ( I have a pad A3 size) onto
which several prints can be stuck. When the spray-mount is thoroughly
dry, I fold them and then spray them with a satin matt artwork
protecting spray. This gives the prints a slight sheen which is very
similar to the printing inks used on the originals. The resulting weight
of paper is very similar to the originals too."