• kn33@lemmy.world
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      7 hours ago

      So, at best it’ll last half as long. At worst, it’ll have intermittent issues from only getting half the current capacity it’s designed for.

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      It depends on how the battles are wired.

      If the battles are wired in series (think train cars) it increases the voltage of The circuit. Which means if the electronics require the higher voltage this may not work well, if at all.

      If the batteries are wired in parallel then this is basically half a fuel tank.

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        5 hours ago

        In this case, we can tell it’s likely parallel because the springs (negative terminals) are on the same side. When the batteries are in series they’re usually placed in the compartment facing alternating directions.

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      Depends on the configuration, but it won’t explode. It may just act as if it’s on low battery for a while then stop working as if the battery is drained, when the one battery might only be half drained. If it’s in parallel it could work but with about half the runtime, but it would do just the same fitting just one battery in the proper orientation.

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    I frequently fix things for people by turning things off and on. Day by day, the madness grows.