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Vintage465
Nomad
Jun 10, 2019

Series, then Parallel or Parallel then Series?

Hi, I've set up my four 6v G.C. batteries in a Series/Series, then parallel. Meaning I series'd each pair of 6v batteries, making them two 12v banks, the paralleled them. Then I saw a photo the...
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Vintage465
Nomad
Jun 11, 2019
Dusty R wrote:
I always looked at it this way.
Two 6v batteries is series may give a you more power but if one battery dies while you are out in the boonies, you are out of power.
But if you are using 2-12v batteries in parallel and one dies, you can keep going, you just need to run your generator more often.

Dusty


I will never run my generator unless there is an emergency. Like three feet of snow overnight. Or I wake up from 30 degree night to 130 degree morning @ 0900hrs. See, no generator.

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