In a message dated 97-07-04 15:20:53 EDT, endicott@bellsouth.net (Mark
Endicott) writes:
> For instance a given amp hour rating for a
> 6 volt battery may be 200 amp hours, and the same physical size 12 volt
> battery will have an amp hour rating of 100 amp hours.
Mark:
Some interesting points! I would just like to add to the above, FWIW, that
the two batteries mentiond provide EXACTLY the same amount of energy! It
takes 200 amps at 6 volts to do the same amount of work (spin the starter,
power lights, etc.) as 100 amps at 12 volts.
Dan Masters,
Alcoa, TN
'71 TR6---------3000mile/year driver, fully restored
'71 TR6---------undergoing full restoration and Ford 5.0 V8 insertion - see:
http://www.sky.net/~boballen/mg/Masters/
'74 MGBGT---3000mile/year driver, original condition
'68 MGBGT---organ donor for the '74
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