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Rmcgrath53
Explorer
Apr 12, 2014

adding a 12 volt battery to a bank of 4 =6volt battery

I have 4 new 6 volt batteries and a 12 volt battery that is like brand new. Can I add this marine battery to my bank of four batteries?. I have a solar set up of 560 watts with a mtpp Morningstar 60...
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RJsfishin
Explorer
Apr 13, 2014
wa8yxm wrote:
You need to re-think and then ask the question of yourself again.

You said "I have 4 six volt batteries"

No, you do not

You have two two piece 12 volt batteries.

Now, The quesiton becomes

I have 2 12 volt batteries in parallel, Can I add a 3rd, and the answer is: YES


That is really sad when you have only 1 correct answer (above) out of all these !!

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