Mixing different volatage batteries
Have 2 new 6v Interstate batteries, if I have enough room for just 1 more, would this work for 12v? if so, where would you connect the load.
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MEXICOWANDERER wrote:
5% antimony versus 2.75% antimony is not a good mix. Keep an eye on the six cell battery the three cell batteries are going to whip it's butt. When they are charging or discharging they are too busy to fight. It's at rest they get bored and pull the wings off the weakling.
Yes, after camping off-grid with them all linked like that, separate the two "12s" when on shore power, and put one "12" on the converter and the other "12" on its own maintenance charger.
Although there is some confusion here on that. Some say you can leave them all connected as long as they are on a float charger, while others say float them separately.
Everybody agrees to separate them if they are just sitting there with no float charger on them.
