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A car battery has 12V. 8 dry cells are equal to 12V. Explain why 8 dry cells are not able to start a car?

A car battery has 12V. 8 dry cells are equal to 12V. Explain why 8 dry cells are not able to start a car?

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Robin
A typical 12V car battery has amperage of 600 amps where as 8 dry cells only generate 2 amps that are not enough to crank a car. It would take about 2000 dry cells to be able to crank a car
ChemTutor answered the question on April 24, 2018 at 19:37

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