XPost: sci.electronics.basics   
   From: tgm2tothe10thpower@replacetextwithnumber.hotmail.com   
      
   Don Kelly said something like:   
   > "John Fields"  wrote in message   
   > news:d47bh3t7tkju4cgcvfalsllvbq89pnieun@4ax.com...   
   >> On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"   
   >>  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>>   
   >>> Fundamental questions.   
   >>>   
   >>> Given:   
   >>>   
   >>> If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA.   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> No, it isn't.   
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   >>   
   >>> If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA.   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> No, it isn't.   
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   >>   
   >>> BUT:   
   >>>   
   >>> 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel:   
   >>>   
   >>>        3V 1mA   
   >>>        6V 1mA   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> The 6V battery will discharge into the 3V battery until there is no   
   >> voltage difference between the batteries.   
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   >>   
   >>> 2. And similarly, the following in series:   
   >>>   
   >>>        3V 1mA   
   >>>        3V 2mA   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> Nothing.   
   >> ---   
   >>   
   >>> Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V?   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> No.   
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   >>   
   >>> Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA?   
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   >> No.  There will be no current until a load is attached.   
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   >>   
   >>> Thanks!   
   >>   
   >>   
   >>> --   
   >>> It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath,   
   >>> relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting.   
   >>   
   >> ---   
   >> Fuck you.   
   >>   
   >> Since when are you the moderator here who can tell _everyone_ what   
   >> to do?  Just ask your stupid questions, wait for your answers, and   
   >> then just go away instead of trying to run the show.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >> --   
   >> JF   
   >   
   > What was your reason for your last comment? Is there something I   
   > missed? You had given good answers 'til then. Possibly his comments   
   > were aimed at Phil who was playing jackass - if so you missed the   
   > target.   
      
   One of my rotating signatures is the comment above about relaxing about   
   crossposting.  For some reason he equated this with an attempt at   
   self-establishing myself as a moderator or something.  Agree or disagree   
   with my signature, and that's fine, but sputtering that kind of childish   
   crap got him killfiled.   
      
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