Larry wrote:
From time to time the heated discussions on this newsgroup about those
mysterious chemical boxes under the settee that keep the lights on
arises.

Well, over on alt.binaries.e-book.technical someone has posted:
Electric Vehicle Battery Systems - S. Dhameja (Newnes, 2001) WW.pdf
which my robot dutifully downloaded this morning with its big load of
books/manuals/etc., I'll probably never have time to read.


OK, I spent a couple hours monkeying around with various
freeware, downloads, configuring, blah blah blah... not my
idea of fun but I know you geeks love that kind of
diversion. I eventually downloaded 'Electric Vehicle Battery
Systems' and about a hundred other books (left it running
all night) that looked interesting.

Thanks. This may turn out to be a useful reference. I would
recommend this only for serious geeks though.

DSK