On Sun, 2010-04-25 at 11:17 -0400, Olin Lathrop wrote:
> Peter Onion wrote:
> >>>>> the battery pack is a battery holder and with my voltmeter I got
> >>>>> 5.4 volts and i have 4 batteries rated at 2000 mah so 2000*4=8000
> >>>>> or 8 ah
> >>>>
> >>>> oh no, series does not multiply current, just voltage...
> >>>
> >>> Capacity not current !
> >>
> >> No, that's basically what the OP thought.  Capacity is usually
> >> measured in Amp-hours, and it does NOT multiply with the number of
> >> batteries connected in series.  The voltage and the total energy
> >> storage do, however.
> >
> > No Olin....   Go back and read the thread again.
> >
> > In the post I was replying to the quoted text was talking about mah
> > and the reply mentioned current...  That was mixed up.
> 
> No, you said "capacity", which is generally taken to mean some current times
> time rating, like Ah or mAh. 

Yes, that's exactly right, and that is what I pointed out was being
confused.   

This mentions mah which is capacity...
>>>>> 5.4 volts and i have 4 batteries rated at 2000 mah so 2000*4=8000
>>>>> or 8 ah

And this mentions current...
>>>> oh no, series does not multiply current, just voltage...

I pointed out that the second post should have said "Series does not multiply capacity" which is what the OP had said.

Moving on now.....

PeterO




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