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Re: lv-ab: Parallel batteries

From: KenJames (no email)
Date: Sat Jun 04 2005 - 16:58:52 EDT

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    but couldnt' a couple of cell go bad, slowly draining the other batteries
    and not trip that battery's breaker?

    Yes, and I think that is what almost always would happen, which is one
    reason I don't do it that way. However, in the case of a sudden full short,
    the fuse would open. So it could be a good thing. But even if one cell
    shorted, I think it would just drain the batterys, and it would be hard to
    size the fuse to do its job and not blow when it shouldn't. -Ken

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