At 06:39 PM 12/18/02 -0600, you wrote:


>  But it doesn't
>make sense from a circuit's point of view: the circuit has a capacity
>of 10mAh.

That makes no sense.. the circuit may draw 10mA, in which case a battery
with a capacity of 10mAh (at 10mA) will power it for an hour. A battery
with double the capacity will power it for twice as long.

If there was a timer in there, or some other kind of pathological case,
well, you'd say the circuit has a "requirement" of 10mAh.

When capacity > requirement you have a good situation, when capacity
< requirement you have an unsatisfactory situation (PIC quits too soon,
divorce, whatever).

Best regards,

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