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 Mar 18, 2014 - 8:22 AM
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I've seen people having an extra car battery in the boot for the extra ICE they have.
I am thinking of installing a small extra battery in the arm rest to boost the power of my existing racing battery. Question is, what is the proper way or doubling a battery and is there a problem with mixing different battery types and size? For instance, can I add a small 12v motorcycle battery with the 12V car battery? |
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Mar 26, 2014 - 1:36 AM
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QUOTE (czwalga @ Mar 19, 2014 - 7:55 AM)  Not true. Golf carts are put in series to up the voltage. You put 3 12volt batteries and series and you have 36 volts with the same amount of amp hours as a single battery. Woops you caught me off guard. You are correct, running in series will increase the volts. But the point I was trying to make is you get a safe and smart way to take advantage the batteries amps while maintaining a 12 volt system. Have you consider this? Easily hide in the quarter panel. They are sealed to prevent gassing. http://shop.advanceautoparts.com/p/optima-...wAJg#fragment-2 It's better to run two 6 volt batteries in series then to run two 12 volt batteries in parallel. Like I mention before, internal resistance issue, charge and discharge rate issue and shorten life span. |
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yellowchinaman running 2 batteries Mar 18, 2014 - 8:22 AM
The_enD I am running two Acid lead batteries. I've hea... Mar 18, 2014 - 8:27 AM czwalga Why an extra battery instead of a high powered alt... Mar 18, 2014 - 10:39 AM Syaoran Running a cal and battery do help, but they strain... Mar 18, 2014 - 6:11 PM Hanyo Let me chime in about this topic:
It's not th... Mar 19, 2014 - 1:16 AM
czwalga QUOTE (Hanyo @ Mar 19, 2014 - 1:16 A... Mar 19, 2014 - 9:55 AM yellowchinaman Thanks guys.
You see have a small battery mod whic... Mar 19, 2014 - 7:30 AM Tigawoods you dont have anything draining the battery do you... Mar 19, 2014 - 7:48 AM The_enD Look into XS power. AMG technology, used by many c... Mar 19, 2014 - 8:01 AM yellowchinaman QUOTE (The_enD @ Mar 19, 2014 - 8:01... Mar 19, 2014 - 8:31 AM The_enD Relocation of the battery to the passenger foot we... Mar 19, 2014 - 8:42 AM Nihil QUOTE (The_enD @ Mar 19, 2014 - 9:42... Mar 19, 2014 - 8:50 AM The_enD There are two things to prevent this.
Buy a sealed... Mar 19, 2014 - 9:31 AM yellowchinaman BMW's, Mercs and Audis have batteries in the b... Mar 19, 2014 - 12:34 PM The_enD Again, XS Power Mar 19, 2014 - 1:17 PM yellowchinaman Ok. So im struggling to find a battery which crank... Mar 20, 2014 - 3:46 AM Special_Edy QUOTE (yellowchinaman @ Mar 20, 2014 - 3... Mar 20, 2014 - 3:52 PM yellowchinaman QUOTE (Special_Edy @ Mar 20, 2014 - 3... Mar 22, 2014 - 4:04 PM yellowchinaman Looks good Hanyo
I could probably use this to make... Mar 26, 2014 - 7:54 AM |
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