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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? Thanks! -- It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath, relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting. |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
Thomas G. Marshall wrote:
Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. Batteries are not rated for current, but with current times time, e.g. mA H for milliampere times hour. BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA The higher voltage battery runs down very quickly, trying to charge the lower voltage battery. The exact process depends on whether this causes either of the batteries to be permanently damaged or not. 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA If those are milliampere hour ratings, then you get a 6 volt battery for the first milliampere hour output, then you get a much lower voltage as the larger battery tires to reverse charge the smaller battery with whatever load the remaining voltage drives through the load. Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? Almost certainly, no. Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? No. |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
"Thomas G. Marshall" . com writes: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? This type of circuit depends heavily on the resistance of the wiring and batteries. What's going to happen is that a LOT of current is going to want to flow from the 6V battery to the 3V battery, in an attempt to fast-charge the 3V from the 6V until they're both the same voltage, or until something fails. Aside from burning out the batteries and/or wires (unlikely for a 1mA capacity), the actual voltage at the junction depends on the relative resistances of the two half-circuits (wiring, battery's internal resistance, contact resistance, etc). Basically, it's a voltage dividier, as if you had two ideal voltage sources each with a separate series resistor. Guessing (wildly) from the descriptions, the 6V source would have twice the internal resistance of the 3V source (else it would have a 2mA max), so a 2:1 divider across the loads results in a 4v node voltage. Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? No, current ratings are maximums, not absolutes. If those are the real maximums, the result is a 6V 1mA source. Actual current draw depends on the load, not the source. |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
DJ Delorie said something like:
"Thomas G. Marshall" . com writes: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? This type of circuit depends heavily on the resistance of the wiring and batteries. What's going to happen is that a LOT of current is going to want to flow from the 6V battery to the 3V battery, in an attempt to fast-charge the 3V from the 6V until they're both the same voltage, or until something fails. Aside from burning out the batteries and/or wires (unlikely for a 1mA capacity), the actual voltage at the junction depends on the relative resistances of the two half-circuits (wiring, battery's internal resistance, contact resistance, etc). Basically, it's a voltage dividier, as if you had two ideal voltage sources each with a separate series resistor. Guessing (wildly) from the descriptions, the 6V source would have twice the internal resistance of the 3V source (else it would have a 2mA max), so a 2:1 divider across the loads results in a 4v node voltage. Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? No, current ratings are maximums, not absolutes. If those are the real maximums, the result is a 6V 1mA source. Actual current draw depends on the load, not the source. Ah...ok. Thanks! |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
John Popelish said something like:
Thomas G. Marshall wrote: Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. Batteries are not rated for current, but with current times time, e.g. mA H for milliampere times hour. Ok, fair enough. BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA The higher voltage battery runs down very quickly, trying to charge the lower voltage battery. The exact process depends on whether this causes either of the batteries to be permanently damaged or not. 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA If those are milliampere hour ratings, then you get a 6 volt battery for the first milliampere hour output, then you get a much lower voltage as the larger battery tires to reverse charge the smaller battery with whatever load the remaining voltage drives through the load. Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? Almost certainly, no. Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? No. Fair enough.....thanks! Too bad, in addition to two very clear, educating, and friendly replies, there had to be a rude idiot. After 5000 posts in usenet, I'm used to seeing all forms of foolishness, but it still amazes me a little. |
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"Thomas G. Marshall = Asinine ****head " If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries ** No such animal - you ****wit. ** Go DROP DEAD - Mr **** for BRAINS. ....... Phil |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
"Thomas G. Marshall" wrote:
Fair enough.....thanks! Too bad, in addition to two very clear, educating, and friendly replies, there had to be a rude idiot. After 5000 posts in usenet, I'm used to seeing all forms of foolishness, but it still amazes me a little. Ignore phil. He was breast fed by his dad till he was 16, and he has never got over it. -- Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. Michael A. Terrell Central Florida |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
Michael A. Terrell said something like:
"Thomas G. Marshall" wrote: Fair enough.....thanks! Too bad, in addition to two very clear, educating, and friendly replies, there had to be a rude idiot. After 5000 posts in usenet, I'm used to seeing all forms of foolishness, but it still amazes me a little. Ignore phil. He was breast fed by his dad till he was 16, and he has never got over it. Well, he certainly seems set on making a fool of himself. Service to my country? Been there, Done that, and I've got my DD214 to prove it. Member of DAV #85. I'm one of those sappy types that thanks people for their service. Thank you. Do you mind me asking in what way you became disabled? -- Forgetthesong,I'dratherhavethefrontallobotomy... |
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**** OFF TROLL !!
"Thomas G. Marshall = Asinine ****head " If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries ** No such animal - you ****wit. ** Go DROP DEAD - Mr **** for BRAINS. ....... Phil |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. --- No, it isn't. --- If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. --- No, it isn't. --- BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA --- The 6V battery will discharge into the 3V battery until there is no voltage difference between the batteries. --- 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA --- Nothing. --- Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? --- No. --- Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? --- No. There will be no current until a load is attached. --- Thanks! -- It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath, relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting. --- **** you. Since when are you the moderator here who can tell _everyone_ what to do? Just ask your stupid questions, wait for your answers, and then just go away instead of trying to run the show. -- JF |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
John Fields said:
(something like a 12 year old) PLONK {yawn} |
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DJ Delorie said something like:
....[snip]... No, current ratings are maximums, not absolutes. If those are the real maximums, the result is a 6V 1mA source. Actual current draw depends on the load, not the source. Hmmmmm..... If I connect an ammeter (from my handy multimeter) to a battery, what is it measuring? The amount of amps allowed to pass through the wires, etc. of the multimeter? If it depends entirely on load, then why wouldn't the ammeter always measure the same regardless of what I connect it to? I'm sorry, but my electrical background is limited to *some* digital electrical engineering: A year of TTL circuits, karnaugh maps, up/down counters, and the like from my computer science degree in college. There are *huge* gaps in my understanding of the analog world. -- If I can ever figure out how, I hope that someday I'll succeed in my lifetime goal of creating a signature that ends with the word "blarphoogy". |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
"Thomas G. Marshall" . com writes: If I connect an ammeter (from my handy multimeter) to a battery, what is it measuring? The amount of amps allowed to pass through the wires, etc. of the multimeter? If you connect an ideal battery to an ideal ammeter, it will read infinite amps. However, the battery has internal resistance, wires have some resistance, the ammeter has internal resistance. So if you connect a real battery to a real ammeter, you get the battery's voltage divided by the actual total resistance (Rbatt+Rwire+Rmeter). A battery which can only provide 1mA would have a high internal resistance, perhaps 3000 ohms. A car battery can provide hundreds of amps at 12v, closer to 0.1 ohms. If it depends entirely on load, then why wouldn't the ammeter always measure the same regardless of what I connect it to? In normal circuits, the resistance of the battery is negligible. You're making up abnormal circuits, so it isn't. Plus, amps depends on the volts as well; for a *given* battery, the amps depends on the load. For *all* batteries, it also depends on the voltage of the load. V=IR, as long as you account for all those tiny internal resistances. |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:25:23 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: DJ Delorie said something like: ...[snip]... No, current ratings are maximums, not absolutes. If those are the real maximums, the result is a 6V 1mA source. Actual current draw depends on the load, not the source. Hmmmmm..... If I connect an ammeter (from my handy multimeter) to a battery, what is it measuring? The amount of amps allowed to pass through the wires, etc. of the multimeter? If it depends entirely on load, then why wouldn't the ammeter always measure the same regardless of what I connect it to? The resistance of an ammeter is very low, so a very large current would flow. The current would be limited by the resistance of the wires, ammeter, and the internal resistance of the battery. -- Peter Bennett, VE7CEI peterbb4 (at) interchange.ubc.ca new newsgroup users info : http://vancouver-webpages.com/nnq GPS and NMEA info: http://vancouver-webpages.com/peter Vancouver Power Squadron: http://vancouver.powersquadron.ca |
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"Thomas G. Marshall = ASD ****ed ****head " If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries ** No such animal - you ****wit. ** Go DROP DEAD - Mr **** for BRAINS. ....... Phil |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
On Wed, 17 Oct 2007 22:12:54 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: John Fields said: (something like a 12 year old) PLONK {yawn} --- Thanks! One less asshole to have to reply to... -- JF |
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Mismatched voltage wired in parallel. What is resulting voltage?
"John Fields" wrote in message
... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. --- No, it isn't. --- If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. --- No, it isn't. --- BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA --- The 6V battery will discharge into the 3V battery until there is no voltage difference between the batteries. --- 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA --- Nothing. --- Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? --- No. --- Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? --- No. There will be no current until a load is attached. --- Thanks! -- It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath, relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting. --- **** you. Since when are you the moderator here who can tell _everyone_ what to do? Just ask your stupid questions, wait for your answers, and then just go away instead of trying to run the show. -- JF What was your reason for your last comment? Is there something I missed? You had given good answers 'til then. Possibly his comments were aimed at Phil who was playing jackass - if so you missed the target. -- Don Kelly remove the X to answer ---------------------------- |
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Don Kelly said something like:
"John Fields" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. --- No, it isn't. --- If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. --- No, it isn't. --- BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA --- The 6V battery will discharge into the 3V battery until there is no voltage difference between the batteries. --- 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA --- Nothing. --- Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? --- No. --- Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? --- No. There will be no current until a load is attached. --- Thanks! -- It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath, relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting. --- **** you. Since when are you the moderator here who can tell _everyone_ what to do? Just ask your stupid questions, wait for your answers, and then just go away instead of trying to run the show. -- JF What was your reason for your last comment? Is there something I missed? You had given good answers 'til then. Possibly his comments were aimed at Phil who was playing jackass - if so you missed the target. One of my rotating signatures is the comment above about relaxing about crossposting. For some reason he equated this with an attempt at self-establishing myself as a moderator or something. Agree or disagree with my signature, and that's fine, but sputtering that kind of childish crap got him killfiled. |
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"Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote in message news:3DN_i.4604$OJ.2728@trndny06... Don Kelly said something like: "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: --------old thread snipped--------------- What was your reason for your last comment? Is there something I missed? You had given good answers 'til then. Possibly his comments were aimed at Phil who was playing jackass - if so you missed the target. One of my rotating signatures is the comment above about relaxing about crossposting. For some reason he equated this with an attempt at self-establishing myself as a moderator or something. Agree or disagree with my signature, and that's fine, but sputtering that kind of childish crap got him killfiled. -------------- Thank you, -- Don Kelly remove the X to answer |
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On Thu, 15 Nov 2007 01:51:59 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall"
. com wrote: Don Kelly said something like: "John Fields" wrote in message ... On Mon, 15 Oct 2007 13:59:42 GMT, "Thomas G. Marshall" . com wrote: Fundamental questions. Given: If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in parallel, the result is 3V 2mA. --- No, it isn't. --- If I wire two 3V 1mA batteries in series, the result is 6V 1mA. --- No, it isn't. --- BUT: 1. What happens if I wire the following in parallel: 3V 1mA 6V 1mA --- The 6V battery will discharge into the 3V battery until there is no voltage difference between the batteries. --- 2. And similarly, the following in series: 3V 1mA 3V 2mA --- Nothing. --- Does #1 above average the voltage to 4.5V? --- No. --- Does #2 above average the current to 1.5mA? --- No. There will be no current until a load is attached. --- Thanks! -- It's time for everyone to just step back, take a deep breath, relax, and stop throwing hissy fits over crossposting. --- **** you. Since when are you the moderator here who can tell _everyone_ what to do? Just ask your stupid questions, wait for your answers, and then just go away instead of trying to run the show. -- JF What was your reason for your last comment? Is there something I missed? You had given good answers 'til then. Possibly his comments were aimed at Phil who was playing jackass - if so you missed the target. One of my rotating signatures is the comment above about relaxing about crossposting. For some reason he equated this with an attempt at self-establishing myself as a moderator or something. Agree or disagree with my signature, and that's fine, but sputtering that kind of childish crap got him killfiled. --- Getting killfiled by you is hardly of any consequence, LOL! -- JF |
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