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[QUOTE]The Yeti - 10/20/2006  11:21 PM

bruce
i had my 43 lb MG hooked 12=12 (+ to +  - to -) but only had one bank available to charge them both

i put the neg from the charger on batt 1 and the pos from the charger on batt 2.  i was told no damge could be done this way when i asked my mechanic.  in all actuality, you are just creating one BIG 12 volt battery by hooking them parallel....so the output on the charger side is simply seeing it that way. just make sure both batteries are the same rating and same age like mentioned. i had no problems with it like this for 2 years.  keep an eye on your water levels in both batteries too....what you don't want is one battery getting charged b4 the other when hooked this way.  that is why i also mention matching the batteries on the cca side of it.

i wouldn't use an automotive type charger. you can get a 1 bank charger from cabelas

http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?id=0019015015766a&navCount=4&podId=0019015&parentId=cat600056&masterpathid=&navAction=push&cmCat=MainCatcat21276-cat600056_TGP&catalogCode=6IS&rid=&parentType=index&indexId=cat600056&hasJS=true

any questions, email me.
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Posted 10/20/2006 11:21 PM (#216135 - in reply to #212803)
Subject: RE: Connecting Batteries (Parallel/Series???))

bruce
i had my 43 lb MG hooked 12=12 (+ to + - to -) but only had one bank available to charge them both

i put the neg from the charger on batt 1 and the pos from the charger on batt 2. i was told no damge could be done this way when i asked my mechanic. in all actuality, you are just creating one BIG 12 volt battery by hooking them parallel....so the output on the charger side is simply seeing it that way. just make sure both batteries are the same rating and same age like mentioned. i had no problems with it like this for 2 years. keep an eye on your water levels in both batteries too....what you don't want is one battery getting charged b4 the other when hooked this way. that is why i also mention matching the batteries on the cca side of it.

i wouldn't use an automotive type charger. you can get a 1 bank charger from cabelas

http://cabelas.com/cabelas/en/templates/product/standard-item.jsp?i...

any questions, email me.
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