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   Rod Speed to Commander Kinsey   
   Re: Can anyone explain how this battery    
   14 Feb 22 14:03:34   
   
   XPost: sci.electronics.design, uk.d-i-y, alt.home.repair   
   From: rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com   
      
   Commander Kinsey  wrote   
   > williamwright   wrote   
   >> Commander Kinsey wrote   
      
   >>> Unless NiCads are vastly different to car batteries, oneshorted cell   
   >>> makes a hell of a lot more current flow.   
      
   >> They are vastly different.   
      
   > Do they not both have a very low internal resistance?  Therefore   
   > connecting a 10V battery to a 12V charger makes too much current flow?   
      
   Nope. a stupid car battery charger like that one is essentially limiting   
   the current   
   so the battery voltage doesn't determine the current in the too much sense.   
      
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