How to Hook up two batteries
Bruce
travel trailer. How does one hook them up properly so they will both charge
when the unit is plugged in. Will they discharge one by one under load or
discharge evenly?
Bruce
cgrmac
Check out this site. It's one of the best that I have seen.
http://bart.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/12volt.htm
Good Luck.
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Paul Kittel
Bruce wrote:
Assuming you're talking about two 12 Volt batteries, you hook them up in
parallel, i.e., (+) terminal on battery "A" to (+) terminal on battery "B", and
the (-) terminal on battery "A" to the (-) terminal on battery "B". Power for
the trailer is taken from one of the (+) terminals and one of the (-) terminals.
In the case of 6 volt batteries, hook them up in series, i.e. (+) terminal on
battery "A" to (-) terminal on battery "B". Power to the trailer is taken from
the (+) terminal of battery "B" and the (-) terminal of battery "A".
Ideally, you should have two identical batteries of the same age and condition.
In both cases, both batteries will charge and discharge at the same time.
Paul
Wayne T. Whitelaw
volt lights and equipment, and includes an in depth article about batteries.
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Mike
In addition to Mark's excellent page, you can check out
http://www.dcbattery.com/faq.html#6
http://www.uuhome.de/william.darden/ and
http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm
Mike
RVChem.net
John Ramsay
get
double the voltage.
With identical batteries, each will discharge at same rate. If one is
older it
may give out 1st but the other will keep supplying current until it
dies.