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Unread 09-23-2003, 11:50 PM   #14
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Originally posted by Althornin
galvanic corrosion, as Alchemy says, will not be prevented by "Shorting" them.
It could be prevented by applying an exact opposite voltage to them, however.
Exact opposite voltage?

The attached picture shows one battery connected with "opposite" polarity to another battery. This is still a short, but with twice the voltage driving the reaction. Perhaps I'm not understanding...
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