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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pianotuna wrote:
It is not the capacity so much as the voltage drop. The more cells the lower the voltage drop.
First half true. Second half.... Well... NOt necessarily.
Not all cells are equal.. NOw the numbers I'm going to use are not accurate but they are "Example"
Assume you have a battery with a total cell surface area of 1 Square Foot.. draw 100 amps and there will be a specific voltage drop.
In theory you parallel with an identical battery the voltage drop gets cut in half.
But what happens if you build a battery with a plate surface of FOUR square feet.. Yup. 1/4 the voltage drop.
The GC-2 Cells are bigger than say a Group 27.. So less drop.
HOWEVER There is crop at the cable/battery connection. which is Why I get in there and clean 'em from time to time.
