If the wires were very heavy most likely the batteries would explode throwing sulfuric acid all over the place. Don't try it.
Regards. Max. K 4 O D S. Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Transistor site http://www.funwithtransistors.net Vacuum tube site: http://www.funwithtubes.net Music site: http://www.maxsmusicplace.com To subscribe to the fun with tubes group send an email to, [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rob Monitor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:57 AM Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] series or parallel > What I'm asking this for is years ago I new a person the had a pickup > truck with two batteries in it for starting in the winter in northern > Minnesota when it gets 30-50 below zero... Just was wondering how you > would hook the batteries up for that... Now here is another one for you if > you took the batteries and hook them by positive to positive and negative > to negative then put a wire between the positive and the negative of each > battery what would that do??? > ROB FROM MINNESOTA > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Dale Leavens > To: [email protected] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 10:19 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] series or parallel > > > Hi Tom, > > Is that correct? I don't know myself but intuition would suggest to me > that if the batteries were connected in parallel without the charger they > would soon about balance each other. Once the charger is introduced the > same conditions would apply, that is the weaker of the batteries would > acquire charge faster than the other then together they would come up > about equivalently wouldn't they? > > I think I would be concerned about the load on the charger though. Most > would have a safety overload of some sort wouldn't they > ? I haven't much experience with charging wet cells, as a kid we used to > have to top up the battery in a couple of our boats that didn't have their > own charging systems but that was about it. Oh yes, sometimes in the > winter dad would put a charger on the car battery on those real cold > nights to improve the chances it would start in the morning. > > Dale Leavens, Cochrane Ontario Canada > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype DaleLeavens > Come and meet Aurora, Nakita and Nanook at our polar bear habitat. > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Tom Fowle > To: [email protected] > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, November 11, 2007 11:00 AM > Subject: Re: [BlindHandyMan] series or parallel > > rob, > You'd do as you said, and that's parallel, but don't do it. > > If, as is very likely the batteries aren't exactly identically > charged or discharged when you start, the current from the > charger will be unevenly distributed between the batteries. This > will almost certainly lead to uneven charging of the > batteries, and if perhaps one battery is much more charged when > you start than the other, you can get a very high current flow > between the batteries and > some pretty hot wires and batteries. > > there is no reason to even try this as even if it worked it would > take twice as long to do the job, so you may as well charge the > batteries seperaately and be safe. > > Again, charging two batteries from a charger designed for a single > battery can be dangerous and has no advantage, so please > don't do it. > > with led acid or similar batteries it is O.K. to parallel them > for normal operation, re: running stuff as long as they're both > charged properly seperately. It's not a good idea to parallel > cells with nicad or nimh batteries either. > > tom Fowle > > Net-Tamer V 1.13 Beta - Registered > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > To listen to the show archives go to link > http://acbradio.org/handyman.html > or > ftp://ftp.acbradio.org/acbradio-archives/handyman/ > > The Pod Cast address for the Blind Handy Man Show is. > http://www.acbradio.org/news/xml/podcast.php?pgm=saturday > > Visit The Blind Handy Man Files Page To Review Contributions From Various > List Members At The Following address: > http://www.jaws-users.com/handyman/ > > Visit the archives page at the following address > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ > > If you would like to join the Blind Computing list, then visit the > following address for more information: > http://jaws-users.com/mailman/listinfo/blind-computing_jaws-users.com > > For a complete list of email commands pertaining to the Blind Handy Man > list just send a blank message to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > -- > No virus found in this incoming message. > Checked by AVG Free Edition. > Version: 7.5.503 / Virus Database: 269.15.29/1124 - Release Date: > 11/11/2007 10:12 AM > >
