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Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery?

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In news:jlnugv$ick$1@reader1.panix.com,
the wharf rat typed:
> 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.

Yes I totally agree. As in the design, the engineers could choose how
far you could push it. Although in my example, both voltage batteries
are sold by the manufacture for the same model (and both are genuine
Gateway batteries). You figure they know what they are doing. ;-)

-- 
Bill
Asus EeePC 701 ~ 2GB RAM ~ 16GB-SDHC
Windows 2000 SP5 - OE6 - OE-QuoteFix v1.19.2

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Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Ron <orion@dslnorthwest.net> - 2012-03-28 12:05 -0700
  Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-03-28 15:57 -0700
    Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Ron <orion@dslnorthwest.net> - 2012-03-28 19:18 -0700
      Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-03-29 02:52 -0700
  Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? "BillW50" <BillW50@aol.kom> - 2012-04-02 15:41 -0500
    Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Bob_Villa <pheeh.zero@gmail.com> - 2012-04-02 16:37 -0700
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    Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Ron <orion@dslnorthwest.net> - 2012-04-05 12:53 -0700
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        Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? wrat@panix.com (the wharf rat) - 2012-04-06 23:33 +0000
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            Re: Voltage Vs. Current In A Laptop Battery? Ron <orion@dslnorthwest.net> - 2012-04-07 16:34 -0700
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