Need Quick Answer to Battery Question! HELP!
Hi. I noticed that one of the two 12V batteries in my fiver was getting hot. Obviously defective. I removed the wires going to the negative terminal and secured them together with a screw and nut. So,...
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larry barnhart wrote:
Ok I will ask again as I have done several times without a good answer. If Ed had 2 6 volt batteries and one went bad he would be in big trouble?? I feel he would but it seems nobody on this forum agreed the other times I asked this simple question.
chevman
As I'm sure you are aware most coaches use a 12 volt system. Your question is pertaining to a 6 volt system or a 12 volt system with the batteries hooked in series. There are 2 ways to connect batteries, parallel meaning that both positive posts are connected together and the ground terminals are connected to one another as well. With this method the system is a 12 volt with higher capacity . The other is series where the positive post on battery a is hooked to the negative post of battery b, the positive post of battery b is connected to the electrical system. This system will yield a 24 volt system. So that being said your question can only be answered after you share the method of battery connection and thus the operating voltage of the system.
