thank you for your sage knowledge yes the 24 volt battery is to 12 volt batteries and I will swap them around as that is a good idea thank you for the link
I have a 24v starter battery set up on my house truck but it keeps going flat. i am still searching for the leak an am going to install an isolation switch but thought a solar trickle charger might avoid some grief. If i wire two 12v volt trickle chargers together will this produce enough to keep the batteries charged. Thanks in advance
mechnificent,
Aug 29, 12:03am
If you mean you are going to put two twelve volt solar panels is series, which is with one of them's negative going to the other's positive, and the two extreme ends going to positive and negative of the battery. then yes that will charge the batteries enough to keep them in good order once you stop the drain.
cabrio1,
Aug 29, 12:16am
maybe not a direct answer to your question but I bought a 24v solar panel with controller from these guys. very effective at keeping both the house and start batteries charged. Good place for parts and info.
Your "24v battery" should in fact be 2x 12v batteries connected in series. You could do as mech suggested, or connect one to each battery
mechnificent,
Aug 29, 12:29am
You could do as Henderson suggests. It would work. It might be though, that under certain circumstances, such as disconnecting one battery, you could burn out one panel. A bad cell in one battery, might do the same thing.
Henderson will be right about two twelve volt batteries though. and it's a good idea to swap those two batteries positions every year or so. especially if they aren't being used often, or if you are using them everyday as house power. Such as is, by the sound of it, your situation.
pdc1,
Dec 29, 5:51pm
You don’t happen to have 12 volt stuff powered off one of those two batteries do you? Even just the stereo is enough to cause issues. It is a common belief of many that this can be done, but you end up getting one battery going flat and one being over charged in the process.
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