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From: wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery?
Date: Fri, 6 Apr 2012 23:33:51 +0000 (UTC)
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In article <jlkubn$4kg$1@dont-email.me>, BillW50 <BillW50@aol.kom> wrote:
>
>Yes I too worried about that too. But I have a lot of Gateway batteries
>at rated at 10.8v. Although I have one rated at 14.4v and I worried

	I was always told that too many amps is OK but too many volts will
let the smoke out.  One time I connected the 12 volt lead to the 5 volt pad
and it sure enough did.  Another time I had a 20volt transformer and the end 
fit the hub I was trying to plug in so I used it even though it said 16.5
volts DC and the smoke got out that time, too.  So I'd be scared to connect
a 14.4 volt input to something marked 11 volts DC.