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Old 03-12-2009 | 04:04 PM
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Dave H
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Originally Posted by assivaen
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...

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That would be true with a parallel connection, for more capacity. Not with series connection, for more voltage. Think of the water buckets on top of each if you will, they won't balance each other then.
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