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fishingandwishing
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:00 am Posts: 113 Location: Carencro louisiana
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 battery help
i have finally finished my bowfishing rig and took them out for the first time this past weekend. i have 10 48 watt led lights on 12 volt. i am running them off of 2 batteries in parallel. my questing is how to i charge both batteries at the same time. Will the battery charger i already have work just by hooking it up to one of the batteries. And what amp should i charge at since i have twice the capacity? thanks for the help The charger i have can charge at 2 amps 10 amps and 15 amps.
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Fri May 01, 2015 10:01 am |
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cb5331
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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 Re: battery help
Spend the money for an onboard smart charger. Usually charge at higher amps on a drained battery, and low amps to top them off. The onboards take the guess work out of it, just plug it in and walk away.
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Fri May 01, 2015 10:04 am |
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fishingandwishing
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:00 am Posts: 113 Location: Carencro louisiana
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 Re: battery help
i thought about going that route but wasnt sure which ones work with multiple batteries do you have one you would suggest
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Fri May 01, 2015 10:34 am |
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msm8281
MMT Elite Member
Joined: Fri Oct 09, 2009 1:50 pm Posts: 9673 Location: New Iberia, La.
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 Re: battery help
Hook the POS to POS on one battery and hook the neg to the neg on the opposite battery If you want to charge them with a standard charger while hooked in parallel.
Essentially you just created one big battery out of two. So treat it as one.
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Fri May 01, 2015 10:44 am |
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Russ
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Mon Dec 31, 2012 11:07 pm Posts: 4820 Location: West Monroe, LA
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 Re: battery help
Google search. You wasted yourself some time asking this here. "Charging batteries hooked in parallel" The first 30 images that pop up will show the same thing msm said. And using an oboard charger has those instructions in the box, as well as online. Help us help you, dude. Lol
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Fri May 01, 2015 1:05 pm |
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micahb
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Nov 16, 2014 11:34 am Posts: 174
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Fri May 01, 2015 1:19 pm |
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Trousertrout
MMT 1000 Club
Joined: Tue Oct 18, 2011 3:18 pm Posts: 1060 Location: Ohio-The land of few ducks
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 Re: battery help
Might be a dumb question cause I know nothing about bowfishing. Why not wire your lights for 110v and keep a quiet Honda generator on board?
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Sat May 02, 2015 8:27 am |
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cb5331
MMT Super Elite Member
Joined: Fri Dec 18, 2009 8:10 pm Posts: 16915 Location: Rowlett, TX
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 Re: battery help
You can't just wire the lights for 110...but some people do run 110 lights in their boats...some run generators to keep the batteries charged on dc lights too.
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Sat May 02, 2015 8:57 am |
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mikecatt13
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Mon Dec 15, 2014 10:40 pm Posts: 370 Location: SE Michigan
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Sat May 02, 2015 11:48 am |
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fishingandwishing
MMT Pro Member
Joined: Sun Aug 19, 2012 10:00 am Posts: 113 Location: Carencro louisiana
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 Re: battery help
Also the quiet honda genny isnt cheap
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