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Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-31-2019, 01:26 AM
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Posted By John in Santa Cruz
In theory, theory is the same as practice. In...

In theory, theory is the same as practice. In practice, its not.

The most important factor is, parallel connected batteries pass dissimilar currents due to random variations in the batteries...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-31-2019, 01:08 AM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
a 6V golf cart batt has only 3 cells, a 12V batt...

a 6V golf cart batt has only 3 cells, a 12V batt has 6, and if its the same size, the cells are half as big. sure, there's the marine 8D 12V battery, thats 180 lbs, and the size of two golf cart...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-30-2019, 06:30 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
2 6V in series, both batteries always see the...

2 6V in series, both batteries always see the same current, charging and discharging, so they stay well balanced. 2 12V in parallel, any variation in the batteries, the weaker one will drag the...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-28-2019, 11:10 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
you really should have a volt meter or battery...

you really should have a volt meter or battery monitor so you can check on the charging voltages. I have one oft he simple ones that plugs into the cigar socket, lets me tell whats going on at a...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-15-2019, 09:26 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
14.8 is too high. once your battery charger is...

14.8 is too high. once your battery charger is past the 6-8 hour long 14.2-14.4V absorption phase, the maintenance voltage should be more like 13.2-13.6V
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-15-2019, 04:46 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
exactly... trailer + wire to batt1+, batt1-...

exactly... trailer + wire to batt1+, batt1- to batt2+, batt2- to trailer -

like this,
https://photos.smugmug.com/photos/i-RjFp3pk/0/e976a16f/X3/i-RjFp3pk-X3.jpg

note that GC2/T105 golf...
Forum: Escape Systems | Water, Waste, Charging & Propane 10-15-2019, 03:37 PM
Replies: 40
Views: 9,077
Posted By John in Santa Cruz
if you strap two 12V batteries in parallel,...

if you strap two 12V batteries in parallel, ideally both are identical, from same batch of batteries. tie + to + and - to - between the two batteries using the same length of heavy gauge wire,...
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