Not much of an electrical guy myself so I thought I would ask if you can use all the terminals in a parallel connected battery..Ofcourse one positive off of one battery and one negative off the other goes to the coach or load but can the other two be used for say charging?As shown in the picture,the two center positive and negative terminals..Can these be used for charging or say accessories?

Short answer is you may yes.Now on very heavy amp devices.. Like a 2000 watt inverter.. Wire as shown above.. Even a large converter (say 50 amps or more) likewise.But for most loads.. like phone chargers which typically draw in the single amps range.. No problem at all.

I have it wired as shown above for all loads as of now,I'm wanting to just charge with alligator clips or ad another accessory without using the already almost full, positive and negative post..I guess a bus bar is in order...Thanks

This is what I have for multiple loads off the battery. The bus bar is full now - last slot used by breaker for inverter.

Balanced connections are even more important for these batteries with very low internal resistance and flat voltage discharge curve.Get the bus and clean it up.

Can you use all terminals in parallel connection?

LittleBill
Explorer
Jul 17, 2022
joebedford wrote:
This is what I have for multiple loads off the battery. The bus bar is full now - last slot used by breaker for inverter.

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pianotuna
Nomad III
Jul 17, 2022
No. Balance the wiring.
Lwiddis
Explorer II
Jul 17, 2022
I agree with bgum. Larger bus bar.
bgum
Explorer
Jul 17, 2022
The experts say you can but why not get a larger bus bar?
time2roll
Nomad
Jul 17, 2022
Balanced connections are even more important for these batteries with very low internal resistance and flat voltage discharge curve.
Get the bus and clean it up.
joebedford
Nomad II
Jul 17, 2022
This is what I have for multiple loads off the battery. The bus bar is full now - last slot used by breaker for inverter.
jaycocreek
Explorer II
Jul 17, 2022
I have it wired as shown above for all loads as of now,I'm wanting to just charge with alligator clips or ad another accessory without using the already almost full, positive and negative post..I guess a bus bar is in order...

Thanks
2oldman
Explorer II
Jul 17, 2022
yes
wa8yxm
Explorer III
Jul 17, 2022
Short answer is you may yes.

Now on very heavy amp devices.. Like a 2000 watt inverter.. Wire as shown above.. Even a large converter (say 50 amps or more) likewise.

But for most loads.. like phone chargers which typically draw in the single amps range.. No problem at all.

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