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Old 6th Feb 2013, 08:50
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Well said Turin, after all pilots know how to fly aircraft, why should they also be an authority on electronics and batteries?

There appears to be some confusion over sub-cells, they are only there because of the prismatic construction of the cell, you cant bend the electrode through 180° with zero radius so you end up with sub cells, in a circular battery you can have continuous electrodes so it has no need of sub-cells, although there may well be multiple connections to that electrode.

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