x2 12 volt batteries in Canter
Submitted: Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 at 16:49
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Does anyone know how to stop battery in Canter going flat? Apparently,it is always whichever battery is in a particular position. If my husband swaps the batteries over it is still the battery from the same position. He has followed up a number of suggestions but to no avail. Battery in position A will hold its charge, Battery in position B goes flat.
Reply By: Ozhumvee - Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 at 18:44
Saturday, Apr 03, 2010 at 18:44
It sounds like you are using 12v from one battery of the vehicles 24v system. By doing this you will flatten/wreck the battery involved as it will never be charged correctly.
To allow the use of 12v accessories on a 24v vehicle there are a few ways to do it correctly.
For very small loads a 24v to 12v transformer while inefficient can be an easy solution.
A better way is to use a Charge Equaliser which floats the batteries at the same potential allowing 12v to be drawn from either one or both batteries.
The current thinking is to use a switch mode power supply to provide 12v from the vehicles 24v system.
companies like Redarc or GSL make both charge equalisers and switch mode supplies.
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