How do I wire two 6 volt batteries in series?
Thanks

 

Connect the negative terminal of one battery to the positive terminal of the other battery. Now you have 12-Volts.

Like this;

battery-1 & battery-2
+ - >>>>>>>> + -


12-Volts between negative terminal of battery 2 and positive terminal of battery 1.

 

Hey mskip,
in series circuits you connect - to + between to or more objects.
in parallel circuits you connect + to + and - to -.
In series you get twice the voltage and in parallel you get twice the amps.
Read this link if you want an example or two.
http://www.allaboutcircuits.com/vol_1/chpt_11/5.html
thx l8er

-fire

 

I don´t think it is wise to connect sources in parallel, especialy baterries. If they have high amp rating (low "inside" resistence) and not completely same voltage, they would run into short and the one with higher voltage would try to charge the second one.

does anyone know: would diodes on + terminals help?

 

I wasn't inclinin' mskip to do that, just for clarification purposes and better understanding .

does anyone know: would diodes on + terminals help?
Sounds like it might in theory. Will look this one up. thx l8er

-fire

 

Originally posted by kubeek@Sep 24 2005, 10:45 AM
I don´t think it is wise to connect sources in parallel, especialy baterries. If they have high amp rating (low "inside" resistence) and not completely same voltage, they would run into short and the one with higher voltage would try to charge the second one.

does anyone know: would diodes on + terminals help?

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Hi,
Yes, diodes from each battery would separate them from each other, this is normal in a multiple battery system. You'll also need separation diodes on the charge input for the same reason as described above.

TOK

 

The diodoe seperation works. The same concept is used for solar panels just incase a section of one gets shaded and its voltage drops below the rest of them. It can still supply current but the diodes prevent the short.

 

Originally posted by kubeek@Sep 24 2005, 02:45 AM
I don´t think it is wise to connect sources in parallel, especialy baterries. If they have high amp rating (low "inside" resistence) and not completely same voltage, they would run into short and the one with higher voltage would try to charge the second one.

does anyone know: would diodes on + terminals help?

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Internal resistance mis-match is a common problem in paralleled multi-cell power supplies, but usually only leads to early failure of the batteries. Ths US Navy uses series-parallel connected batteries in small diesel boats all the time as a way to increase amps and save space.

 

Internal resistance mismatch in Series connections can cause problems too.

Take a series of six 12 volt batteries used in a 1kW UPS. The one with the higher resistance inhibits the charge current to where all the batteries are not recharged equally. This in turn does not allow the UPS to perform optimally.