Wire gauge recommendation
To get the most efficent charging to my batteries, with cost kept in mind, what wire gauge should I use between the batteries and charger? I have a pair of 6v gc batteries. They're about 12-15 fee...
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johnm1 wrote:grizzzman wrote:
You still here johnm1?
Yep - haven't lost me yet. Well, I do fade in and out when y'all talk in terms I don't understand!
It sounds like I'm not going to hurt anything, at least in the short term, so I'm going to leave the rig as is for this 1st trip, it's only 4 days. Hopefully it'll be enough time to see what works and what doesn't. What I mean by work/no work is ... "wholly cwap this is a pain in the arss to deal with" or, "Son of a biscuit, we ran out of power the 1st night" or, "no problem - piece of cake". I'll check voltages while charging, if I need to charge, to see what it's doing. I've got lot's of soon to be cold beer, firewood and a great wife waiting in the wings! I suppose I should mention the 2 boys and their friends that we somehow invited!
Before our big trip this July, I'll replace the battery cables with 2 gauge and add 2 more batteries. The notion of not draining the batteries as far down and less often makes a great deal of sense to me. I'll look to see how hard it'd be to move the charger closer to the batteries at that time.
What gauge should I use between the batteries for the series connections? Same 2 gauge or ???
Thanks again!!
A. (And this is most important) Fun comes first!
B. As I remember, you are a minimalist power user so you may not need to charge camping(this trip). (And using 80% once in a while is no big deal.)
C. The way you are currently using the batteries #2 will be fine.
