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johnciolino(at)comcast.ne Guest
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 3:42 am Post subject: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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Take a look at www.powerletproducts.com. They have a variety of outlets
to install on motorcycles for heated clothing, GPS, etc. I installed an
SAE connector (designed to be mounted on a saddlebag) in the panel
covering my battery in the forward baggage compartment of my RV-8. The
Battery Tender I use terminates in an SAE connector to switch between
alligator clips or a pigtail with ring terminals to be mounted to the
battery.
John Ciolino
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Deems Davis
Joined: 09 Jan 2006 Posts: 925
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 5:54 am Post subject: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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I'm also very interested in learning how to design / craft a method for
connecting a GPU to a 2 battery (Z-14) a/c. Experience has taught me
that notwithstanding my excellent memory and scrupulous use of
checklists that some gremlin inevitably sneaks into the cockpit and
turns the master on, while I'm out enjoying myself at a distant
airfield. If this happens at home field its less of an issue, but when
it happens away, =-O . Anyone done this, or have some suggestions?
Deems Davis
N519PJ
Bill Mauledriver Watson wrote:
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<MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com>
I have a 2 battery Z-14 system in an RV10. Rather than have a full
ground power capability, I'm planning to have some sort of plugs
available through the baggage compartment that would allow me to hook
up a smart charger occassionally.
Has anyone come up with a good set of plugs for this application? A
good approach to hooking up 2 batteries - either 1 at a time or both?
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bcondrey
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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com Guest
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 11:27 am Post subject: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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bcondrey wrote:
price.
I'm thinking that hooking a single smart charger to 2 batteries is a
no-no. A 'dumb' trickle charger perhaps.
In any case, Thanks much!
Bill
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bcondrey
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 12:25 pm Post subject: Re: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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Bill,
Just to be clear, I have each battery wired through a fuse to its own pin on the connector so I can get to either for charging through the connector. I picked up a couple of Battery Tender Jr.s on sale someplace and have those wired in.
Works great!
Bob
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MauleDriver(at)nc.rr.com Guest
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Posted: Tue May 12, 2009 1:44 pm Post subject: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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Yep, I get it. Thanks
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bcondrey wrote:
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Bill,
Just to be clear, I have each battery wired through a fuse to its own pin on the connector so I can get to either for charging through the connector. I picked up a couple of Battery Tender Jr.s on sale someplace and have those wired in.
Works great!
Bob
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nuckolls.bob(at)aeroelect Guest
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Posted: Wed May 13, 2009 5:28 am Post subject: Connecting a battery charger to a 2 battery system |
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Quote: | Bob, that was exactly the kind of thing I was looking for - at the right price.
I'm thinking that hooking a single smart charger to 2 batteries is a no-no. A 'dumb' trickle charger perhaps.
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You can hook as many batteries in parallel as you
wish for charging from any source. The battery
charger doesn't know if you have one 34 a.h. battery
or two 17 a.h. batteries and doesn't care.
See: http://tinyurl.com/q6klx7
Smart chargers are ALWAYS the device of choice
for walk-away-and-forget-it maintenance of
rechargeable batteries.
Bob . . .
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