re 12v vs 6v Batteries
Extremely strange to read all the opinions re this subject. Most written by author "OLDMAN" I purchased my new Wildwood last month. The contact person that did the paperwork was a "OLDMAN". In my co...
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I do boat work. Most of it for performance cruisers (retired racing sloops). A lot of what I do is house power upgrades and modernizations. There is one thing that a pair of batteries in parallel can supply that two in series will be hard pressed to do...
A battery explosion. This is not uncommon in hard paralleled banks. It happens when a cell shorts. If the there is a parallel battery to supply the energy to heat the shorted cell to explosion, then it can happen pretty fast and with little or no warning.
I like paralled banks now. I have learned how to clean up and neutralize the spilled acid and and replace all the damaged parts much faster than I used to, so the repair (while still expensive to the owner) nets me a good day.
Matt
A battery explosion. This is not uncommon in hard paralleled banks. It happens when a cell shorts. If the there is a parallel battery to supply the energy to heat the shorted cell to explosion, then it can happen pretty fast and with little or no warning.
I like paralled banks now. I have learned how to clean up and neutralize the spilled acid and and replace all the damaged parts much faster than I used to, so the repair (while still expensive to the owner) nets me a good day.
Matt
