Maintenance Free battery - Blew the caps off?
Sometime last week one of the house batteries (in parallel) blew its caps and deposited acid throughout the battery compartment while plugged in parked at the house. By caps I mean the covers over the...
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ken white wrote:thestoloffs wrote:
I have a factory-supplied parallel dual 12 VDC battery system for my house batteries (including a wheelchair lift), and it's blown out one battery this year.
In this wiring system, both positive leads are on the positive terminal of one battery; the single negative lead is on the negative terminal of the other battery; and there are both positive and negative jumpers between the two batteries (i.e., a parallel installation).
How do you suggest I fuse these? Can you provide a diagram of how these batteries should be fused?
Thanks!
The fuse is inserted in the jumper wire between the 2 batteries.
Ken:
I assume that the fuse is inserted into the POSITIVE jumper, not the NEGATIVE jumper. Correct?
Any suggestions on the size of the fuse and style of the fuse holder? (I'm trying to design for ease of maintenance; the "wheelchair lift" notation should give you a hint to the reason why.)
