Mallory model BC15 battery charger
date: label: date made
content: ca 1980
name: label: maker
content: Mallory Battery Co.
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Mallory model BC15 battery charger for "Duracell" rechargeable alkaline batteries. Types AA, C, and D may be recharged in pairs. Four batteries maximum. "Use only Duracell Rechargeable Alkaline Batteries should be charged in this charger. Warranty will be voided if other types of batteries are charged. DO NOT CHARGE NEW BATTERIES until after the have been discharged." Patents 3237079 and 3371302 noted on plug.
label: Description (Brief)
content: As people adopted smaller and more portable electrical devices, battery technology to power them advanced markedly during the past century. Some batteries can be recharged, saving consumers money and reducing environmental degradation. Different types of batteries require different types of charging units. This charger, made by battery manufacturer Mallory (trade name Duracell) was designed to recharge nickel-cadmium (NiCad) batteries.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
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content: Work and Industry: Electricity
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2022.0278.04
label: accession number
content: 2022.0278
label: catalog number
content: 2022.0278.04
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Battery Charger
label: Other Terms
content: Battery Charger; Electrochemical Devices
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 3 in x 9 3/4 in x 4 3/4 in; 7.62 cm x 24.765 cm x 12.065 cm