I'm sorry Eric, I should have mentioned it is the plan view. I am not very sure about the effects of keeping the plates like this, but (out of intuition) see some change.
Prasad http://www.geocities.com/aquariangenius http://members.fortunecity.com/aquariangenius _____________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Patchem, Eric EM2" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, September 20, 2002 2:57 AM Subject: RE: battery construction > One more thing I didn't think of. When you had mentioned plate orientation, > I didn't think of your drawing as an overhead view. If the view is from the > top, and you are not talking of stacking the plates, the only drawback I can > see is structural strength issues with the plates. The key factor is going > to be surface area. Keep in mind there is always 1 more negative plate than > there is positive and there are separators between plates. All of which take > up "real estate" in a battery. Your Idea would work, but would it change > capacity? > > Eric. >
