That doesn't mean it's an ideal solution. It has some problems that can be worked around. Ignoring them will eventually kill weak batteries and decrease available current.12 volt batteries in parallel? It's done all the time.
That doesn't mean it's an ideal solution. It has some problems that can be worked around. Ignoring them will eventually kill weak batteries and decrease available current.12 volt batteries in parallel? It's done all the time.
Sure, it's done all the time for intermittent duty with matched batteries. What I'm saying is that even originally matched batteries will become unmatched unless charge/discharge cycles and interconnects are given careful consideration for repeated duty.12 volt batteries in parallel? It's done all the time. In boats, in semi trucks, even in your heavy duty diesel pickup trucks. It's very common to do so in order to increase available capacity......Exactly what the OP wants to accomplish.
That's true, but start with new batteries of equal quality, that would literally take years. What you have with several 12 volt lead acid batteries in parallel is essentially one battery made up of any number of single 2 volt cells connected in a series/parallel configuration. Like I said, it's a very common and done successfully all the time.That doesn't mean it's an ideal solution. It has some problems that can be worked around. Ignoring them will eventually kill weak batteries and decrease available current.
Not as many as you'd like. Lately, I haven't been able to get anywhere near 84 months from a battery with an 84 month warranty. And that's just a single 12V battery. Six cells in series is also a compromise. One dead and the battery is useless.That's true, but start with new batteries of equal quality, that would literally take years.
It's not a contest as I've designed the software and hardware in energy monitor systems for paralleling batteries and operated (and logged performance data) them for decades.Not wanting to get in a pissing contest here, I just want to help the OP make a decision. Paralleling two (or more) 12 volt automotive batteries will help him achieve his goal. The ideal solution would be something like a 4D or 8D battery, but that would have other disadvantages.
Perzackly.12 volt batteries in parallel? It's done all the time. In boats, in semi trucks, even in your heavy duty diesel pickup trucks. It's very common to do so in order to increase available capacity......Exactly what the OP wants to accomplish.
So when your car battery is flat and you connect jumper cables to a fully charged battery in another car, does anything bad happen? No it doesn't.These kinds of batteries will without doubt have a very very low internal resistance, so even a 0.5 v relative difference in voltage could lead to large currents flowing between the batteries when no load is present, I need to understand the consequences of that.
Sometimes the flat battery explodes.So when your car battery is flat and you connect jumper cables to a fully charged battery in another car, does anything bad happen? No it doesn't.
Extreme rare case, so rare that most of us have never heard of....Sometimes the flat battery explodes.
Not as rare as you think.Extreme rare case, so rare that most of us have never heard of....
The bottom line is this. When you engineer energy banks using batteries, there are specific configuration and charging/discharge recommendations for each application. The generic car application is not valid for renewable energy or even UPS applications. The prudent engineer reads the literature and designs systems using those recommendations.That single battery exploded while it was conncted to a charger just like all the ones in cars. A battery exploding in car while it is being driven and being charged by the alternator?
Agree: https://forum.allaboutcircuits.com/threads/parallel-car-batteries.168080/post-1489280If I wanted 5 KW I would be seriously thinking about an inverter fed by 24 or 48 volts. Then worry about parallel. %.0 KW @ 12 VDC is about 417 Amps and that does not even consider any inefficiency. Even at half load you will need some large lead acid batteries. Yes, with considerations mentioned you can parallel batteries but you gonna need a whole bunch of batteries. Even my smaller 1500 Watt UPS units use two 12 volt batteries in series for 24 VDC.
Ron
Yep, and I did see your post. The image for the thing shows like 4 cables each for the + and - battery connection. When possible I have an old Coleman Power Mate 4 KW continuous and 5 KW surge I would take over an inveterate burning fossil fuel. Then even gives me a sine wave.