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wopachop
Explorer
May 15, 2019

Are these 12v parallel batteries wired incorrectly?

These 12v batteries came with the trailer. Theyre mismatched and you can see the 2nd battery has more corrosion. Is that due to where the solar and ground wires are attached to the pair? The batte...
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time2roll
Nomad
May 16, 2019
wopachop wrote:
I was disconnecting the solar at the batteries until you guys on here told me thats a mistake and the manual says it too. I didnt know that and was happy to learn.
Always best to disconnect the panels from the controller first. Disconnect controller from the battery second.

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