On Tue, 19 Apr 2005 18:07:39 -0400, Capt. Neal®
wrote:


"Me" wrote in message ...
In article ,
Capt. Neal® wrote:

Are you trying to claim that a battery in certain state of discharge cannot
be charged by a battery that is fully charged if the batteries are connected
in a circuit?

CN

If they are "Series Connected", that is exactly what I am saying, and
claiming, and all your Dufus Theories, will not change the Physical
Laws involved.

Me who wonders if you are going to answer "Bruce in alaska"'s
question......

I think I just answered that one of will soon if I missed it.

Do something for me. Take a flashlight that uses two AA batteries in series and put
a discharged ni-cad AA cell and a fully charged ni-cad into it. Turn on the switch and
let it run for about ten minutes. Remove the batteries and check them with a volt
meter. You will find the dead cell is no longer dead. Some of the electrons flowing
through it in the circuit driven by the good battery will have driven the chemical
reaction in the direction that stores electrons.

The very same thing will happen with two 12v batteries in series in a circuit.

CN

Oh yea, it will charge the dead battery all right. Only problem is it
will charge it the wrong way! You will be reverse charging the dead
cell because the charging cell is hooked up backwards to it!

The good cell's positive terminal is hooked to the dead cells negative
terminal through the light bulb. And the good cell's negative terminal
is hooked to the dead cell's positive terminal.

That sure looks like reverse charge time to me. What do you think?

Regards
Gary