Not Balancing Three 12v Right
This post is just for info in case anybody else has a similar situation I have learned the truth about wiring up three 12s as though they were two 12s. With the load and charging pos and negs o...
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That would be me I guess... I just used equal 4AWG cable lengths in my two banks. I have two 12VDC Batteries in parallel in one bank and the second bank only has one 12VDC battery in it. Both banks are fed by my PD9260C converter/charger thru my BLUE SEA four position battery switches. All like cables are cut to same length...
My two banks are wired up like this. I do know I am seeing 52-53 AMPS being drawn from the three batteries with my DONUT current sample when using my PD9260C 60AMP converter/charger in the initial 14.4VDC BOOST mode.
I really haven't measured each leg but my three batteries seem to have good performance when I run them back up to their 90% charge each day after they have run down to 12.0VDC over night.
Are you saying you have a better way for me to wire these up ??? Running the BATTERY NEG terminals to FRAME GROUND with equal length 4AWG cables was the easiest thing for me to do at the time.
I will probably get to start upgrading my old batteries this season. These have been in service since 2009. I'm wanting to start my SOLAR PANELS on my POPUP ROOF this year as well.
Roy Ken
My two banks are wired up like this. I do know I am seeing 52-53 AMPS being drawn from the three batteries with my DONUT current sample when using my PD9260C 60AMP converter/charger in the initial 14.4VDC BOOST mode.
I really haven't measured each leg but my three batteries seem to have good performance when I run them back up to their 90% charge each day after they have run down to 12.0VDC over night.
Are you saying you have a better way for me to wire these up ??? Running the BATTERY NEG terminals to FRAME GROUND with equal length 4AWG cables was the easiest thing for me to do at the time.
I will probably get to start upgrading my old batteries this season. These have been in service since 2009. I'm wanting to start my SOLAR PANELS on my POPUP ROOF this year as well.
Roy Ken
