lamp+battery 98 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 alreet just got a few 12v 7amp batterys and was woundering how you guy`s would wire 2 ov them together, would you put red 2 red and black 2 black, as in mot sure i no it works for the 6v batterys but not sure on the 12v 1`s any advice would be more than greatfull lamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
claybusers al 9 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 pos - pos = 12v pos - neg 24v Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamp+battery 98 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 im lookin to make it a 14 amp i done it years ago but not sure how i did it again lol lamp Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rick12345 181 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 lamp+battery said: im lookin to make it a 14 amp i done it years ago but not sure how i did it again lol lamp You need to wire them in parallel mate. ie; connect both reds together and both blacks together, then connect the lamp wires to these as you would with one battery. If you connect them in series ie; red to black red to black, you will double the voltage and blow the bulb. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamp+battery 98 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 (edited) rick12345 said: lamp+battery said: im lookin to make it a 14 amp i done it years ago but not sure how i did it again lol lamp You need to wire them in parallel mate. ie; connect both reds together and both blacks together, then connect the lamp wires to these as you would with one battery. If you connect them in series ie; red to black red to black, you will double the voltage and blow the bulb. will give that a try and let you no what happens, that should give me the 14amp wouldent it and not the 24v edited to add would i charge as a normal battery ?? lamp Edited February 15, 2009 by lamp+battery Quote Link to post Share on other sites
rick12345 181 Posted February 15, 2009 Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 lamp+battery said: rick12345 said: lamp+battery said: im lookin to make it a 14 amp i done it years ago but not sure how i did it again lol lamp You need to wire them in parallel mate. ie; connect both reds together and both blacks together, then connect the lamp wires to these as you would with one battery. If you connect them in series ie; red to black red to black, you will double the voltage and blow the bulb. will give that a try and let you no what happens, that should give me the 14amp wouldent it and not the 24v edited to add would i charge as a normal battery ?? lamp That would deffinately give you 14 amp/hour but will take longer to charge. You ideally want a bigger charger for a 14 amp battery pack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
lamp+battery 98 Posted February 15, 2009 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2009 rick12345 said: lamp+battery said: rick12345 said: lamp+battery said: im lookin to make it a 14 amp i done it years ago but not sure how i did it again lol lamp You need to wire them in parallel mate. ie; connect both reds together and both blacks together, then connect the lamp wires to these as you would with one battery. If you connect them in series ie; red to black red to black, you will double the voltage and blow the bulb. will give that a try and let you no what happens, that should give me the 14amp wouldent it and not the 24v edited to add would i charge as a normal battery ?? cheers mate that worked a treet bud, i got a RAC charger mate that i use on car batterys so that will do the job lamp lamp That would deffinately give you 14 amp/hour but will take longer to charge. You ideally want a bigger charger for a 14 amp battery pack. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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