running two chargers
Here is a technical question. Let's say you want to charge your house batteries on your RV quicker. If you have two 12 volt batteries in your battery bank would you charge that battery bank quicker ...
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Another limitation is your generator. Each charger draws some of its VA, so you need enough total VA to run all the chargers.
It is better to put the chargers' clamps across both batteries that are in parallel ( two pos clamps on the same post and two neg clamps on the the other battery's neg post via Trimetric shunt). Or put one charger on each battery. (But then the total amps won't show on your Trimetric)
Not so good to have both chargers on one of the batteries. Then that battery gets more of the recharge. If you can only get at the front battery posts with clamps, then you can reverse one battery and criss- cross the parallel links so that the two posts in front are the pos from one and the neg from the other, so now you can clamp on with them balanced.
If one charger has a slightly lower voltage than the other, start that one first and get it running, then turn on the other charger.
It is better to put the chargers' clamps across both batteries that are in parallel ( two pos clamps on the same post and two neg clamps on the the other battery's neg post via Trimetric shunt). Or put one charger on each battery. (But then the total amps won't show on your Trimetric)
Not so good to have both chargers on one of the batteries. Then that battery gets more of the recharge. If you can only get at the front battery posts with clamps, then you can reverse one battery and criss- cross the parallel links so that the two posts in front are the pos from one and the neg from the other, so now you can clamp on with them balanced.
If one charger has a slightly lower voltage than the other, start that one first and get it running, then turn on the other charger.
