On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, John Brush wrote: > The original post did not inquire about car batteries and an application > like many of us have in our vans. It was about connecting batteries > together to generate more current for different applicatino, which is > quite acceptable as long as the batteries are closely matched. This can be > done by purchasing them at the same time, from the same lot if at all > possible. > > Car batteries have no chance of surviving such an application, as you say, That may be news to all the people with big V-8 diesel trucks and cars, which often are designed to use two starting batteries in parallel. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | David M. Brodbeck (N8SRE) Ypsilanti, MI / _` | | | | | | +----------------------------------------------------- | (_| | |_| | | | @ cyberspace.org \__, |\__,_|_|_| "Geekdom is fantastic at being AGAINST something, and |___/ it's hopeless at being FOR something." -- Andrew Orlowski in The Register. |
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