[DeTomaso] NPC: battery charging question

[Julian Kift]

The answer is yes you can, how many maybe dependent on your charger capacity and the initial state of the batteries, but for top up trickle/maintenance IMO you should be okay with up to 4 in parallel. Essentially its just like one larger battery with more internal cells. Connect one of the charger leads to the nearest battery post e.g. +ve and the other to the furthest opposite charge (-ve) post to ensure you are charging across all cells and not just the first battery.
 
I believe using a parallel slave battery is actually recommended when you have a fully discharged SLA that is sulfated and won't take a charge.
 
Julian
 
From: Larry at ohiotimecorp.com
To: detomaso at poca.com
Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:48:43 -0500
Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: battery charging question

Hi Guys,
 
I have been using a good quality automotive 1.5 Amp monitored battery
charger to charge/maintain, 12 volt .8Ah gel-cell batteries. It does a very
good job but the problem is that I need to keep a large number of the
batteries charged at all times. It is a pain to change batteries each
day.when I remember to do it. 
 
Question: Can I charge more then one at a time if they are wired in
parallel? If so how many?
 
 
Thanks,
 
Larry (sorry Ducks) - Cleveland

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   The answer is yes you can, how many maybe dependent on your charger
   capacity and the initial state of the batteries, but for top up
   trickle/maintenance IMO you should be okay with up to 4 in
   parallel. Essentially its just like one larger battery with more
   internal cells. Connect one of the charger leads to the nearest battery
   post e.g. +ve and the other to the furthest opposite charge (-ve) post
   to ensure you are charging across all cells and not just the first
   battery.

   I believe using a parallel slave battery is actually recommended when
   you have a fully discharged SLA that is sulfated and won't take a
   charge.

   Julian

   From: Larry at ohiotimecorp.com
   To: detomaso at poca.com
   Date: Tue, 13 Jan 2015 09:48:43 -0500
   Subject: [DeTomaso] NPC: battery charging question
Hi Guys,

I have been using a good quality automotive 1.5 Amp monitored battery
charger to charge/maintain, 12 volt .8Ah gel-cell batteries. It does a very
good job but the problem is that I need to keep a large number of the
batteries charged at all times. It is a pain to change batteries each
day.when I remember to do it.

Question: Can I charge more then one at a time if they are wired in
parallel? If so how many?


Thanks,

Larry (sorry Ducks) - Cleveland

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