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Author: | rmarini [ Fri May 07, 2010 12:11 pm ] |
Post subject: | Battery Charger |
I have the FW factory installed Perko 1-2-ALL-OFF switch with 2 batteries. I just bought a new electronic batterycharger and need to know if I can just hook it up to one of the batteries and put the Perko switch on ALL to charge both at the same time? 2009 H200 w/all the options... Langley, BC. Canada |
Author: | Jim_R [ Mon May 10, 2010 11:32 am ] |
Post subject: | Re: Battery Charger |
If you did as you described current would pass to both batteries. Probably be fine with trickle charger, but any larger amperage 'smart charger' battery charger could those features defeated - it's see both batteries as one large battery. So if you have one fully topped off battery and another that is depleted, the fully topped off battery could get over-charged. Better to connect the single bank charger directly to the depleted battery and make sure it's isolated from the topped off battery. Even better would be to go with a dual bank charger (of sufficient amperage) that could monitor and manage the batteries individually - even then you would not want the battery switch set to all. |
Author: | EvilZ [ Mon May 10, 2010 2:35 pm ] |
Post subject: | Re: Battery Charger |
Jim_R wrote: If you did as you described current would pass to both batteries. Probably be fine with trickle charger, but any larger amperage 'smart charger' battery charger could those features defeated - it's see both batteries as one large battery. So if you have one fully topped off battery and another that is depleted, the fully topped off battery could get over-charged. Better to connect the single bank charger directly to the depleted battery and make sure it's isolated from the topped off battery. Even better would be to go with a dual bank charger (of sufficient amperage) that could monitor and manage the batteries individually - even then you would not want the battery switch set to all. +1... What kind of battery charger did you buy? |
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