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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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Almot
Explorer III
Dec 14, 2015
CA Traveler wrote:
you can get more AHs with 3 12s depending upon space and battery size.

But parallel batteries should be wired in a balanced manner for maximum performance and battery life. For 3 in parallel this means a completely different wiring setup setup for the batteries.

Yes. See Diagram #2 Here. #1 is Unbalanced wiring. #2 is "almost balanced" - much better than #1 and is not complicated, you can use the same interconnect cables.

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