XPost: sci.electronics.design   
   From: SaySooth@TheMonastery.org   
      
   On Sun, 24 Feb 2013 05:12:28 -0800, dave  wrote:   
      
   >On 02/24/2013 12:30 AM, Mike Cook wrote:   
   >> The gel cell is 12v.   
   >>   
   >   
   >Most lead acid batteries are ca. 13.6 Vdc   
      
     No most 12 volt car battery chargers operate at 13.6 VDC.  That is the   
   CHARGE Voltage, not the voltage the battery ends up carrying.  In order   
   to charge a battery, one must apply a higher voltage than the battery   
   operates at.   
      
   > If your car battery ever got   
   >down to 12 Vdc the car would have trouble starting.   
      
     You're an idiot.  A car battery or 12V gel cell that reads 12volts IS   
   fully charged and will put out its declared rate.   
      
   > Lead acid cells are   
   >about 2.22 Vdc.   
      
     You're an idiot.  Perhaps you should provide a wiki citation or such.   
   Right now you appear as a joke.   
      
      
      
     Cross posting fucking retards.   
      
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