It depends on how you connect them together. Tip to tail (series) add the voltage, same current. Tip to tip,tail to tail (parallel) add the current capacity same voltage. (unless the capacities are not really close to each other.) Don't do parallel if the batteries are not the same voltage. Regards, Tom
Series Parallel
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The first connection is called a series connection. It produces 3V with two
1.5V batteries, and is perfectly OK. A connection of this type provides twice the voltage at the same mA-H (milliamp-hour) rating as one battery. That's twice the total power (P = V * A)The second connection is parallel, and _may_ work out OK, depending. Usually, hooking up battery cells in parallel is a bad idea. Most batteries have small differences in potential due to age, usage, and the manufacturing process. Since connecting them together means that they will have to have the same potential, usually one of the batteries ends up partially discharging into the other, slightly lower voltage battery, which wastes power. This occurs until the voltages equalize. That doesn't do the lower voltage battery any good either, especially if it's not the rechargeable type. Even the rechargeables can be harmed by a momentary charging current greater than the recommended maximum.
If both batteries are new, and come out of the same package, it's usually OK. If one of them is new and one is mostly discharged, both batteries get hot, and you end up with two mostly discharged batteries.
Theoretically, putting two batteries in parallel will give you the same voltage as one, with twice the total mA-H (milliamps * hours to discharge). Same voltage at twice the current = twice the power (P = V * A). But if you need twice the power at the same voltage, it's usually a better idea to buy a bigger battery (say, "D" instead of "C").
Good luck Chris
if I conect 2 1.5 volt batteries together, does this mean i have 3 volts or a stronger 1.5 charge?
Is this the same for amps? Do the amps double as well?
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