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Subject: RE: [Homebrew_PCBs] Re: creative use for PCBs

From: "Tony Smith" <ajsmith@...>
Date: 2007-09-30

> > > Accus?
> >
> > I would guess at accumulators - as in lead-acid - batteries
>
> Gosh, do people still call them that?
>
> Tony
>
>
> I have never heard that term before, you are referring to car
> batteries?
>
> Jen


It's a very old term, certainly older than cars! I haven't heard it for
years.

It means anything that'll store a charge, such as lead-acid car batteries.
Capacitors used to be called accumulators as well. I'm not sure when it
died out, but it'd be rare to see it in post-WWII writings.

I was surprised to see someone use it, next we'll be hearing about the
aether (luminous or otherwise).

Tony