RE: (ET) different wiring

["Pestka, Dennis J" <Dennis Pestka mkg com>]

One thing I do "Right or Wrong", is to rotate my batteries every year.
I don't know if this helps or not.
Maybe it will give my pack a little longer life.

Dennis
Elsberry, MO

-----Original Message-----
From: Elie, Larry (L.D.) [mailto:lelie ford com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:04 AM
To: 'Jeremy Gagliardi com'; Elec-Trak
Subject: RE: (ET) different wiring


No, unless you break the series connection before you make this parallel
connection.  If you are willing to add 2 high-current switches to break the
series connection, and another 3 to make your parallel connections.  The
switches are expensive.  It could be done, but if you failed to break even
one connection, you will blow up a battery.  I'm sorry, but this really
isn't all that easy.  Bill Gunn suggests just tapping off 12V and charging 
a
bit longer to make up for the imbalance.  I designed a self-equalizer based
on parallel integrators that I might be able to post after it is published
(the patent will not be filed because the company choose a more expensive
charge equalizer).  This is an old problem.

Larry Elie

-----Original Message-----
From: Jeremy Gagliardi com [mailto:Jeremy Gagliardi com]
Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 11:30 AM
To: Elec-Trak
Subject: (ET) different wiring


Instead of a DC-DC Converter, how about this?...

Hooking up the 12V components to the 3 pairs of batteries in parrallel,
like this:
12V+ to Batt1+ & Batt3+ & Batt5+
12V- to Batt2- & Batt4- & Batt6-

The 18V accessories would look like this:
18V+ to Batt1+ & Batt4+
18V- to Batt3- & Batt6-

Would that work?

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