6 Volt Batteries are almost always used in a series.  Other batteries used
in series, Golf Cart, Marine, Airplane RV's etc, the list goes on.

Pete
peterz@gte.net
83.5 Vanagon

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Of David Beierl
Sent: Friday, May 21, 1999 2:15 PM
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Subject: Fwd: Re: Aux battery solution??!!!

Of course if they're six-volt batteries they'd be in series.  Duh...

:)
david

>Should be good. One thing, though, and it may be a killer.  You shouldn't
>hook batteries in parallel except when they are charging.  Otherwise tiny
>differences in the batteries will cause quite surprising currents to flow
>through the parallel

David Beierl - dbeierl@ibm.net