Replacing 12-volt batteries with 6-volt
Have you replaced two 12-volt batteries in parallel with two 6-volt batteries in series to improve ampere hours? Were the results satisfactory? Please elaborate. Was the rewiring difficult?
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marcsbigfoot20b27 wrote:
Yup kinda and I hated it.
Had one 12 volt from the factory.
Added two 6 volt GC2 batteries to power my inverter. . They constantly needed water and could not handle the draw from my 2000 watt psw inverter.
Swapped the whole thing to 3 AGM 12 volt deep cycle batteries in parallel and couldn’t be happier. My solar charges them faster also.
Define "constantly needed water". I have 4 GC2s and add a small amount of water about every 2 months. I suspect something is overcharging your batteries. Right after I put the batteries in (4 years ago now), they needed water regularly. Found out that the solar panel the PO installed have no controller and there was 19 volts going to the new batteries.
