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*From:* Neil Andersen via CnC-List
*Sent:* Monday, July 4, 2022 8:35:32 AM
*To:* Stus-List
*Cc:* Jeffrey A. Laman ; Neil Andersen
*Subject:* Stus-List Re: Adding a second house battery
If you “separate” the batteries with a 1-2-ALL s
Be sure to put the house feed positive on the first battery and negative on
the second battery otherwise it will draw unevenly.
Especially if you have some dirty connections.
On Mon., Jul. 4, 2022, 10:14 a.m. Jeff Nelson via CnC-List, <
cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote:
> Assuming you simply want to
If your desire is to stick with a flooded lead acid style (of which I am still
a fan and would help keep this project simple and cheap) then the response of
others is perfectly accurate. Consider and recall a few things about this
tried and true battery technology.
1 - Fully charged, no load
22 8:35:32 AM
To: Stus-List
Cc: Jeffrey A. Laman ; Neil Andersen
Subject: Stus-List Re: Adding a second house battery
If you “separate” the batteries with a 1-2-ALL switch like we have on our
boats, you can control which battery gets used. If you have only drawn from one
battery, your recharge
From: Jeffrey A. Laman via CnC-List
Sent: Monday, July 4, 2022 10:18:24 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Jeffrey A. Laman
Subject: Stus-List Re: Adding a second house battery
This is how my C&C34 is set up and how it came when I bought it. I added
charger, with 2 bank capacity. One side of
What are you trying to accomplish? If you want a spare battery bank,
connect the negatives together, and get a SPST switch to be able to switch
between the positive poles on the two banks. Another way is to get a DPDT
switch and switch both the positive and the negative poles. If you want
more cu
. Laman via CnC-List
Sent: July 4, 2022 11:18 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Jeffrey A. Laman
Subject: Stus-List Re: Adding a second house battery
This is how my C&C34 is set up and how it came when I bought it. I added
charger, with 2 bank capacity. One side of the charger gets the two h
nt: Monday, July 4, 2022 10:13 AM
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Cc: Jeff Nelson
Subject: Stus-List Re: Adding a second house battery
Assuming you simply want to double your storage capacity, put the batteries
side by side, wire positive to positive and
negative to negative. You now have 12 volts wit
Assuming you simply want to double your storage capacity, put the
batteries side by side, wire positive to positive and
negative to negative. You now have 12 volts with 2ce the ampacity.
Others may offer some advice on charging...but
I think you should be reasonably ok, except it will take a bun
