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Article #1102Re: Car Batteries die in the Winter - Why?
From: Keith F. Lynch
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 18:31
Date: Fri, 25 Dec 1992 18:31
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In article <1992Dec13.213841.24118@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> kpearce@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu (BULLDAWG) writes: > ... a chemical reaction is used to produce a potential differnce (voltage) > across your battery terminals. Without going into details, when exothermic > reactions are cooled, the driving forces (which depend on temperature) are > diminished and therefore the potential is smaller. Not quite. The potential is the same. The available current is less, as the internal resistance is greater. Keith Lynch, kfl@access.digex.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!digex.com!kfl From: kfl@access.digex.com (Keith F. Lynch) Newsgroups: alt.folklore.science Subject: Re: Car Batteries die in the Winter - Why? Date: 25 Dec 1992 18:31:28 GMT Organization: Express Access Public Access UNIX, Greenbelt, Maryland USA Lines: 10 Message-ID: <1hfk20INN1q8@mirror.digex.com> References: <Bz7EzH.9xq.1@cs.cmu.edu> <1992Dec13.213841.24118@magnus.acs.ohio-state.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: access.digex.com