{"id":40492,"date":"2019-11-10T06:00:33","date_gmt":"2019-11-10T10:00:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/?p=40492"},"modified":"2019-11-09T07:39:47","modified_gmt":"2019-11-09T11:39:47","slug":"adid-finds-affordable-aa-to-d-cell-adapters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2019\/11\/adid-finds-affordable-aa-to-d-cell-adapters\/","title":{"rendered":"Adid finds affordable AA to D cell adapters"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Many thanks to SWLing Post<\/em> contributor, Adid, who writes:<\/p>\n

I just ran across this adapter<\/p>\n

https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/4000202530136.html<\/a><\/p>\n

I don’t know if D type is still available everywhere, but not here in Israel.<\/p>\n

So this can be very handy if one needs to revive a D type device occasionally.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Thanks for the tip, Adid! This could be a very helpful product for radio enthusiasts who have some of the classic solid state receivers of the 1970s and 80s, like the Panny RF-2200<\/a>.<\/p>\n

It’s not difficult in the States to find D cells but rechargeables are not as commonplace and are quite pricey, often requiring their own dedicated D cell chargers. Since I almost exclusively use rechargeable batteries, I have two of these Eneloop “power packs” (affiliate link)<\/em><\/a> that have AA to D cell adapters inside. Of course, your option is much less expensive and should yield better overall capacity when using standard alkaline cells.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who writes: I just ran across this adapter https:\/\/www.aliexpress.com\/item\/4000202530136.html I don’t know if D type is still available everywhere, but not here in Israel. So this can be very handy if one needs to revive a D type device occasionally. Thanks for the tip, Adid! This could be […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[4199,3],"tags":[486,484],"class_list":["post-40492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-accessories","category-news","tag-batteries","tag-rechargeable-batteries"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pn3uc-ax6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":48951,"url":"https:\/\/swling.com\/blog\/2021\/05\/adid-offers-two-simple-mods-for-the-xhdata-d-808-or-any-portable-radio\/","url_meta":{"origin":40492,"position":0},"title":"Adid offers two simple mods for the XHDATA D-808 (or any portable radio!)","author":"Thomas","date":"May 18, 2021","format":false,"excerpt":"Many thanks to SWLing Post contributor, Adid, who shares two inexpensive mods he made on his XHDATA D-808 shortly after taking delivery of it in 2018. 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