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Date:         Fri, 5 Apr 2002 11:45:30 -0800
Reply-To:     phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         phil stanhope <napszeerf@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Deep CYCLE Auxillary Battery....Will ANYTHING fit?
In-Reply-To:  <F2232Uf9ufMJKV0mMhB0000e1db@hotmail.com>
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If you hooked up two 12V batteries in a "Series" wouldnt that make them one 24v battery? I think what Brent is doing is using two 6V batteries in a series, right?

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--- Brent Christensen <sbsyncro@HOTMAIL.COM> wrote: > Aargh. Now I have a headache. I just re-read my > post. You're right, they > are 12v batteries; I was right the first time. > Sorry for the confusion. > > I can tell you that it works well, though. Please > refer to my FIRST post > from Fri, 2 Jul 1999 for details: > > http://gerry.vanagon.com/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind9907A&L=vanagon&P=R7340 > > Brent > > > >From: Angus Gordon <agordon@BRIGHT.NET> > >Reply-To: Angus Gordon <agordon@BRIGHT.NET> > >To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM > >Subject: Re: Deep CYCLE Auxillary Battery....Will > ANYTHING fit? > >Date: Fri, 5 Apr 2002 07:38:01 -0500 > > > >>In my earlier response about the U1 sized > wheelchair batteries I > >>mistakenly > >>said that I wired them in PARALLEL. This is > incorrect. They are wired in > >>SERIES. Wiring them in Parallel would result in > the same voltage (approx). > >>By wiring in SERIES, you get twice the line > voltage (12v). > > > > > > > >I hate to confuse the issue, but these are actually > 12V batteries. > >Wiring them in parallel would be correct. (unless > you like your beer really > >cold!) > > > > > >Angus > > > > > >================================ > >Angus Gordon '89 Carat > >NW Ohio '86 Syncro > > > > > Brent Christensen > '89 GL Syncro Westy > Santa Barbara, CA > > > _________________________________________________________________ > Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN > Hotmail. > http://www.hotmail.com

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