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Fortkentdad
Explorer
Jul 20, 2014

Two Similar 12V battery in parallel and other questions

Well I just bought a second battery for my RV. My other battery is only a couple of months old so both are new this year. The one battery didn't make it through an unplugged camping weekend so we de...
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AllegroD
Nomad
Jul 21, 2014
RJsfishin wrote:
To answer some of the questions,.....hook them in parallel,.....less chance you will run them down beyond the 50% rule.
If you use more power than 50%, charge them,...one way or another, even if connecting jumper cables from TV.

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50% is 12.24v. If they get less than that, you are sucking the life out of them

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