On 8 Aug 2004 16:14:47 -0700, (Matt Lang) wrote:


I would like to add a few questions where google couldnt help:

Assume 2 battery setup:

1. Assume one battery is full, one empty. Can you just connect them
(via switch) and charge them? Will they end up both full or one full
and the other dead?

Yes. They should both end up charged.

2. Can you use different capacity for a dual setup?

Ideally, batteries that are regularly used in parallel should be of
the same make, type, vintage, and usage history - even then you should
occasionally test one battery at a time, as the good battery (or
batteries) in a bank can hide a faulty one.



Matt

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