Electrical
Written by Robin on Friday, September 11, 2009
Someone came here the other day looking for the answer to this question – which battery terminal should you connect first. It’s a great question. We’re talking about automotive batteries, and whether you connect the positive terminal or the negative terminal first.
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Written by Robin on Tuesday, August 25, 2009
If you are building an off-grid power system you probably need to start building a battery bank. And one of the first questions you’ll have is how many batteries do you need. To answer that question you need to start by understanding the capacity of batteries. This article explains what is meant by the Amp-Hour rating of a battery.
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Written by Robin on Thursday, August 13, 2009
You need to increase the amp hours available from a battery bank as well as the voltage. This article shows you how!
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Written by Robin on Saturday, August 8, 2009
How do you connect two 12 volt batteries in series to get 24 volts? On the face of it it’s an easy answer – read about it in this article. But there are many complications when you get into mixing systems – maybe you have a 12 volt alternator running your main circuits, and a 24 volt auxiliary piece of equipment. This article starts by explaining the basics.
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Written by Robin on Saturday, May 17, 2008
One of the issues with a dual battery system is to keep both batteries equally charged. This applies whether you have a 12 volt series system to make 24 volts or more, or if you have a 12 volt parallel system for extra starting power or maybe a secondary power system for recreational use. This article describes how to charge two batteries so that both of them are charged the same.
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Written by Robin on Friday, November 23, 2007
When you’re stuck in the middle of nowhere, all kinds of things can go wrong, in far from ideal conditions, with no-one to help you out. On one of our expeditions we sustained a hole to our truck battery. This article describes the field fix that took us back to civilization.
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Written by Robin on Wednesday, November 21, 2007
If you own a 24 volt Land Cruiser, then there’s a good chance you’ve had battery problems, especially if you run 12 volt accessories from one of your batteries. This article talks about the solution to your charging problems – installing a charge equalizer and what it can do for you.
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