I'm terribly confused by things like this: "+NNNNN-NNNNN+NNNNN-"
Attempting to draw that out, I get something like that looks like two series circuits in parallel. Is this correct? By my interpretation, the - and + represent connections to the battery and the "N" represents a connection from plate to plate. So if I'm correct, voltage is equivalent across both parallel circuits, but additive across each individual series, which would explain why the members of this site seem to like using "neutral" plates, since what that really does is install a series circuit and lower the potential. Right?