how many batteries can you have in a series?
- Thread starter TheBeam
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I think there must be a limit. I don't think the batteries can handle that much electricity(100).Let's say 1000 batteries. If they could, wouldn't there be too much resistance to make 150 volts. I assume after some point, additional batteries wouldn't add 1.5 volts each. Something weird, unusual, or kewl must happen!
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TheBeam said:
Something weird, unusual, or kewl must happen!
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It does. Eventually some of the batteries in the center of line buckles and flips batteries all over the place. I hate when that happens. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
TheBeam said:
Something weird, unusual, or kewl must happen!
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It does. Eventually some of the batteries in the center of line buckles and flips batteries all over the place. I hate when that happens. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/banghead.gif
When I worked for Applied Radiation (now Siemens Medical) we made an ion pump battery supply of 900 Volts. It used ten 90 volt batteries (each made of 60 AA cells) in a wooden box.
You may rest assured the 900 (plus when fresh) Volts was quite real.
It had to keep the ion pump running for up to a year for shipment, otherwise a mega buck X-ray cancer treatment machine wave guide, linear accelerator and target assembly had to 'come back to the shop'. Since it was sealed, if the vacuum degraded too much, the ion pump couldn't recover. About a thousand pounds worth, all totaled.
Biggest battery I ever worked on (voltage wise). Scary to solder together as well.....
Doug Owen
You may rest assured the 900 (plus when fresh) Volts was quite real.
It had to keep the ion pump running for up to a year for shipment, otherwise a mega buck X-ray cancer treatment machine wave guide, linear accelerator and target assembly had to 'come back to the shop'. Since it was sealed, if the vacuum degraded too much, the ion pump couldn't recover. About a thousand pounds worth, all totaled.
Biggest battery I ever worked on (voltage wise). Scary to solder together as well.....
Doug Owen
mattheww50
Flashlight Enthusiast
You would be scared to count how many wet cells were in series in a Diesel Electric submarine!
James S
Flashlight Enthusiast
I think in a submarine though they are not all wired in series /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif They do provide an unbelievable amount of current if you short them out! That has happened, makes balls of plasma that bounce around the cabin...
The Folks HERE are using 10 9volts in series to get the 90volts they need to operate an old PRC-6 army radio. Putting any rational amount of batteries in series is no problem. I've used other radios that took AA's as many as 15 in series without any difficulty. You just should reconsider charging them in the pack like that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
The Folks HERE are using 10 9volts in series to get the 90volts they need to operate an old PRC-6 army radio. Putting any rational amount of batteries in series is no problem. I've used other radios that took AA's as many as 15 in series without any difficulty. You just should reconsider charging them in the pack like that /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
INRETECH
Flashlight Enthusiast
The problem is that everytime you put another battery into the "loop", you are adding more and more ESR; which limits the current at which you can draw the energy out
PaulW
Flashlight Enthusiast
Yup, every time you double the batteries, you double the voltage. But you also double the resistance. Thus, the maximum (short circuit) current available remains the same.
Brock
Flashaholic
I think the Prius is running at 277v? It is all NiMH batteris in series. Darell would know.
Funny to come across this thread today. I was looking at a proposed firing device and the guy wanted to use a 300V battery. Turns out it's an Eveready 493 photo flash battery. The data sheet says it's made of 200 type 112 cells in series. It can put out a whopping 140mA. Browsing through their website I think I recall seeing a 500V dry cell as well. I also noted that the 493 battery is like $90. At least it makes retail store 123's look cheap...
georget98
Enlightened
I remember seeing 900 volt batteries for geiger counters in my Montgomery Ward catalog in the early fifties.
INRETECH
Flashlight Enthusiast
I am pretty sure that the 300v battery charged a cap that ran the Xeon tube
Trivia: The handles for the Light-sabers on Star Wars were made from those photoflash units
Trivia: The handles for the Light-sabers on Star Wars were made from those photoflash units
earl
Newly Enlightened
I have a real handy battery pack that consists of 100 (10 packs of 12) Cs Ni-Cad batteries. They are all wired in series giving me a nominal 120V. I charge them with a built in light bulb/diode charger. The box has a standard wall outlet so I can plug in various tools. This comes in very handy to run a drill, saw, or grinder away from AC mains. ONE WARNING! Don't use it with variable speed motors. It also works good for running old AC/DC tube radios or work lights.
