beaufortnc wrote:
My house bank is six 220 amphour 6 volt golf carts wired into a 12 volt
system.

I have a perfect place for another battery, but two golf carts won't
fit there. I can however, fit a good size 12 volt deep cycle there.

Do you see any harm in wiring a 12 volt battery into the system?


It will certainly not add much useful capacity to your house bank,
because the different type batteries will have different discharge
curve. It will also insure that neither type battery is properly
charged, and may result in a shorter cycle life for all batteries.

It's expensive to do the job properly, ie use only the correct type
batteries, all the same type of batteries within a plant, replace all at
the same time, and have correctly sized & properly regulated charging
eqp't. But failure to do any (or all) the above results in the problems
so many people complain about.

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