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Hello all.
So I've got two small sealed lead acid batteries that I've been meaning to use for a small solar power setup I'm working on. Problem is, they're both 6 volt cells instead of the regular 12 volts, and they aren't equally charged anymore.
I have a 12 volt charger that I considered using by hooking the batteries up in parallel, but since they aren't equally charged I imagine that isn't a good idea.
If I was able to get a 6 volt charger and then charge them both fully, would it then be safe to wire them in series and use them as a 12 volt system? Or would it be better to get two 6 volt chargers that can take the 12 volts from my solar panel and charge them interdependently but draw power off them in series? Is that even a possibility?
Thanks!
So I've got two small sealed lead acid batteries that I've been meaning to use for a small solar power setup I'm working on. Problem is, they're both 6 volt cells instead of the regular 12 volts, and they aren't equally charged anymore.
I have a 12 volt charger that I considered using by hooking the batteries up in parallel, but since they aren't equally charged I imagine that isn't a good idea.
If I was able to get a 6 volt charger and then charge them both fully, would it then be safe to wire them in series and use them as a 12 volt system? Or would it be better to get two 6 volt chargers that can take the 12 volts from my solar panel and charge them interdependently but draw power off them in series? Is that even a possibility?
Thanks!