I through the idea out there without giving it any thought. I really didn't want 2 batteries. I have bought one and it will be mounted by the morning. I'm getting excited, I have every thing to have the engine running tomorrow. And Monday night the Allentown EAA chapter willl be here to see my KR And a picnic supper. Joe Horton
On Sat, 10 Jul 2004 08:59:11 -0700 "Louis Staalberg" <n...@cbiwireless.com> writes: > Putting two batteries in parallell is a *bad* idee. Supppose one cell > of > one battery > shorts internally. This happens frequently with automotive > batteries. > The one battery then becomes a 10 Volt battery and the other one > will > send > an extremely high current to that battery which can actually cause > that > battery to > explode. > > In order to prevent this you would have to put a large diode in > series > with each > battery to prevent either battery from discharging into the other. > > Those diodes are big, get hot and need heatsinks. Talk to the RV > people. > > And then there is the problem of charging the batteries because the > alternator > cannot put charging current back thru the diodes. > > Series connecting two 6 Volt batteries is the only way if you want > to > use > two batteries. If the one is extremely far from the other, you can > always > use a slightly heavier cable for that one. > > Just my and Ohms's opinion! > > > > > > > yson, Arizona > n...@cbiwireless.com > > > > _______________________________________ > to UNsubscribe from KRnet, send a message to krnet-le...@mylist.net > please see other KRnet info at http://www.krnet.org/info.html > > Joe Horton joe.kr2s.buil...@juno.com
