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TimLoon
Explorer
Dec 13, 2015

Why would one battery of 3 be very low on water?

Have had the MH 5 years (2004 model) and the current set of batteries is 3 years old. I run 3- 6 volt(not looking for opinions on this unless relative) and have never had an issue. Today while getting...
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2oldman
Explorer II
Dec 13, 2015
I think the OP explained quite well what he did.

In a series connection, voltage is additive while amperage is constant and limited by the lowest amperage device in the circuit. So, you may as well not even have the 2 batteries in parallel since they are acting as 'one' 6v battery in series with the 3rd.

I think you should remove the other paralleled battery.
enblethen wrote:
You are cooking the series battery while trying to charge the two in parallel.
x2 - while charging all 3.

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