In article .com, "dpb" wrote:

Or, of course, take enough batteries in series to make 12V ...

Since power increases in proportion to voltage, but increases in proportion to
current *squared*, don't you suppose he's better off to put the batteries in
parallel to increase the current?

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Doug Miller (alphageek at milmac dot com)

It's time to throw all their damned tea in the harbor again.