makes total sense to me...i could have come up with it myself,ha ha

one more thing:

i want to get a new charger, not sure what to get though...here is the question: if i get a new charger and want to start using my a123's with it, i would have to put balancing leads on them or could i charge them without the balancing lead since a123 cells are able to take more abuse?!

the other thing is: why do cells not balance each other themselves?! i am not an electric wizard but wouldn't it make total sense to assume that if you connect to cells to each other, one with more voltage and capacity then the other, they start balancing each other? i am not sure if i am explaining it correctly but it should be like having to buckets connected with one pipe to each other...the capillary principle (not sure what its called in English)would cause the water level to be the same in both buckets...

thanks
G