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Just remove the diodes there not needed plus there doing nothing other than creating a bit of volt drop, plus they would have to be big diodes depends on current drawn
Just remove the diodes there not needed plus there doing nothing other than creating a bit of volt drop, plus they would have to be big diodes depends on current drawn
Yes but then each battery will be discharged into the other, assumming battery voltages are not exactly equal (unmatched batteries), eventhough they may be marked 12v for example.
If you connect 2 12v batteries in parallel that are a different state of charge yes they will become the same voltage but once you charge them in parallel then the batteries will be the same voltage/AH and the same if you draw a load of them, Now if you have got differnet loads of each battery then there is no point in paralleling them this defeats the object 4 battery terminal's become 2 terminals but double the A/H. In all the years I've been doing batteries I've never seen diodes connected to them. Something I've just thought about you've got to diodes in line yes so it will stop the on battery slightly draining the other(untill charged) but how would you charge them has the diode would not pass and you can't charge them has single units like I said otherwise there would be not point in paralleling
If you connect 2 12v batteries in parallel that are a different state of charge yes they will become the same voltage but once you charge them in parallel then the batteries will be the same voltage/AH and the same if you draw a load of them, Now if you have got differnet loads of each battery then there is no point in paralleling them this defeats the object 4 battery terminal's become 2 terminals but double the A/H. In all the years I've been doing batteries I've never seen diodes connected to them. Something I've just thought about you've got to diodes in line yes so it will stop the on battery slightly draining the other(untill charged) but how would you charge them has the diode would not pass and you can't charge them has single units like I said otherwise there would be not point in paralleling
If they are slightly different voltages and if one could be used to charge the other that is fine in my application, no problem. I am just afraid if I am degrading battery performance.
If they are slightly different voltages and if one could be used to charge the other that is fine in my application, no problem. I am just afraid if I am degrading battery performance.
Not at all, you would not even know the differnece unless one was 12.76v anf the 9V but then would be silly, trust me it will be fine and not effect the performance
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