[Magdalen] Any place but

[James Oppenheimer-Crawford]

Yep. Our Prius has the BIG Battery to run things, but a little tiny (it's
REALLY tiny; I saw it when it went south) battery actually is required to
start the whole thing up. It's the one that goes out, sometimes without
apparent cause....


James W. Oppenheimer-Crawford
*“A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved,
except in memory. LLAP**”  -- *Leonard Nimoy

On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 5:57 PM, Roger Stokes <roger.stokes65 at btinternet.com>
wrote:

> On 02/11/2015 21:30, Grace Cangialosi wrote:
>
>> Planes run on BATTERIES??? I've never liked flying very much anyway, but
>> now....
>>
>
> There are batteries to keep systems going.  Normally they are charged by
> the engines but if a system is not switched off then the batteries will go
> flat. The battery also provides power for starting the engines, just as it
> does in a car.  Having systems draw their power from the battery means that
> the battery stabilises the coltage for the electrical equipment.
>
> Roger
>