battery maintainer
Have 4, 6 volts batteries . Can I use 2 battery maintainers one for 2 6 volters , the other hook to the other 6 volt pair. Will that be good for alright to do?
Forum Discussion
- Sure. NAC
- Yep!
- I would think you could actually only use one maintainer, since the system is still 12V, despite the number of batteries in the bank. Maybe someone knows otherwise, but the bank is "maintained" the rest of the year by a single 12V feed (either engine alternator or on-board converter). Just need to have all batteries charged to begin with... Comments? ST
- Can't be that simple....
Get a four bank six volt charger :B
- Yes, but why 2 maintainers on the same bank?
And if you have a good converter, it will probably work better. - dp I guess
- I agree, one maintainer should work fine assuming the batteries are charged to start with.
- Thanks for the response. I could leave the converter hooked up or use maintainers. What would be better for storage?
Rmcgrath53 wrote:
Thanks for the response. I could leave the converter hooked up or use maintainers. What would be better for storage?
No way to know without you sharing what converter and what maintainer you have.- Monitoring the voltage float point. One point to consider is to disconnect the battery bank from any possibility of an unexpected load. 500ma per 6 cells is plenty enough potential. If your area of storage is subject to temperature extremes insure the float voltage is appropriate.
