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Re: [ST] Flat Battery
- Subject: Re: [ST] Flat Battery
- From: Eoin Kirwan <eoinkirwan@xxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 7 Mar 2007 20:08:06 +0000
On Wednesday 07 March 2007 03:23, Kevin Dicks wrote:
> Current is not the same as Voltage. Just look at the size of a car's
> battery in comparison to a bike's.
But it's the same voltage. The larger size means more amp-hours, so it can
power a given load for a longer time - or a larger load for the same length
of time - before it becomes discharged.
> The car battery needs more current to
> charge it - even though the voltage is the same as the bike's (give or
> take).
It doesn't need more current to charge it, it needs more amp-hours to charge
it. Whether you do that by using a larger charge current in the same time, or
use the same charging current for a longer time, is up to you. The *maximum*
recommended charging current will be larger, but you don't have to charge it
at the maximum rate, it'll just take longer.
Eoin
'04 ST955i
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