Re: *ist D battery behavior

[graywolf]

Well, there has to be some kind of circuity. If you just connect two battery 
packs in parallel they tend to discharge each other. As the voltage of one pack 
goes down it draws current from the other trying to recharge itself, then vis 
versa. Eventually both packs are dead when the device they are in wasn't even 
turned on.

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Rob Studdert wrote:

On 1 Dec 2003 at 5:12, Herb Chong wrote:


the little that seems to say anything implies that it is supposed to draw
from both at the same time.


Still trying to catch up:

The two battery sources are likely isolated by series diodes (configured like a 
logic OR gate). In that case the body would draw from the battery set from with 
highest voltage and there shouldn't be a switching transient as the one pack 
takes over the supply.Rob Studdert
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