On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, JM/CO wrote: > Batteries connected in parallel in other than the above situations will tend > to discharge each other, as the odds of their internal resistances being the > same ( required condition for zero current flow ) are next to impossible. This doesn't make sense to me. Wouldn't current stop flowing once they had both reached the same terminal voltage? When you start drawing current, the one with the lower internal resistance will tend to supply more than its share, but since internal resistance goes up as the battery discharges it should even out somewhat. _ _ __ _ _ _| | | | 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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