Author Topic: Battery Wiring (Read 1780 times)

Ampman354 · « **on:** May 15, 2006, 05:07:48 AM »

Each battery is 6 volts and 530AH's would this get me 12volts?.....i know this seems stupid to the vets on this board and yes i searched the board for more info and the pics on the Otherpower battery section did fully help....helped but not enough.

commanda · « **Reply #1 on:** May 14, 2006, 11:51:45 PM »

No.

Join all the left side positives together. Vertically.

Join all the right side negatives together. Vertically.

For each horizontal pair of batteries, join the 2 free terminals in the middle together.

Ascii art.

| ---- |

| ---- |

| ---- |

| ---- |

| ---- |

| ---- |

pos neg

Hope that makes sense.

Amanda

cjdock · « **Reply #2 on:** May 15, 2006, 05:47:22 AM »

Here is my 6 v battery set up as a 12 v system:

wpowokal · « **Reply #3 on:** May 15, 2006, 05:47:49 AM »

look here!

http://www.solarexpert.com/Batteries/batchart.html

regards

Allan down under

Ampman354 · « **Reply #4 on:** May 15, 2006, 09:13:29 AM »

whats the total Amp hours on yours cjdock

and any suggested configurations on my battery bank each battery will be 6v@530ah and i want it to be 12v amp will follow it having to be 12v. There will end up being 16 batterys

cjdock · « **Reply #5 on:** May 15, 2006, 01:02:08 PM »

My set-up is actually half of the pic I drew. I have only 4 batteries. My batteries are 201 amp/hour each so with each pair in series, then paralled to each other, I have 400 amp/hours @ 12volts. That link the other person provided is very helpfull to me.

powerbuoy · « **Reply #6 on:** May 15, 2006, 02:45:49 PM »

How about this one ...

Powerbuoy

TomW · « **Reply #7 on:** May 15, 2006, 03:30:13 PM »

Powerbuoy;

Nice, accurate diagram and a very small file to do it, 2.2k and it conveys the information perfectly.

My old 12 volt setup was exactly like that.

12 T105 Trojan 6 volters seriesed in pairs then those pairs paralleled. 12 volts at 1350 AH. If I recall right they are 225 AH at 6 volts.

Now it is split into a 24 volt bank at 450 AH and a 12 volt bank at 450 AH.

Just backing up your schematic with real world experience.

Cheers.

TomW

powerbuoy · « **Reply #8 on:** May 15, 2006, 04:23:25 PM »

Thanks a lot!!!

wooferhound · « **Reply #9 on:** May 16, 2006, 12:32:56 AM »

If it was me, I would pull the negative from the top of the diagram.

ruddycrazy · « **Reply #10 on:** May 16, 2006, 03:03:32 AM »

Well powerbouy could be in the southern hemishere so the negative should be on the bottom

TomW · « **Reply #11 on:** May 16, 2006, 04:55:51 AM »

Woof;

Actually, I pulled my power from the middle of both sides in an attempt to keep it balanced. 12 volts can pull a lot of current so it seemed wise at the time.

T

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