Read the first 4 posts of this thread to understand the issues. There are better ways to wire your batteries (not terrible, i've seen lot worse!)and wired like image obtained from the web , all is working fine but im not comfortable with it , is there a better way ?
What battery type? Only thing I would do is maybe add a midpoint voltage meter.
Thankyou mr Sandals appreciate time taken to reply
I have had a quick look and its gonna take me a long time to
fully understand. I am currently spoonfeeding myself with easy to read
images from the web , understading fully is good but its also very time
consuming a brain numbing
anybody any thoughts on rewiring like this attached image
I use method 3, it's very easy done ,
The goal is to load / charge all batteries as equally as possible ,
The trouble with that diagram is the load isn't spread evenly at all ... the two batteries at the top are going to have to do more than their fair share of the work and so degrade faster....
each pair of batteries down will do less and less
This would be a lot better (simple fix):
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Drawing/charging the bank diagonally spreads the work across all more batteries evenly
Oh ! I think they're just annotations, like arrows for that labelThe blue lines , what do they represent ? , might seem obvious to you , but just confusing me
Thankyou , the smart guage link a lot easier for me to understand , although i need to put some thought into it for 24v once i have decided which method i prefer
it was worth reading just for this comment , which have been wondering
"And finally, finally, we keep getting asked where the chargers should be connected to. We didn't address this question because it seemed so blatantly obvious where they should be connected that it never occurred to us that anyone might be unsure. The chargers should always be connected to the same points as the loads. Without exception."
Oh ! I think they're just annotations, like arrows for that label
Definitely not cables , ignore them
OK cool , i thought so but just wanted it confirmed
Ok to move to that pack is quick and easy, easy install of 3 short cables
Interesting that the load/Charge + has moved to bottom right post
I shall experiment with that first, i think my preferred method is "method 3"
easy to understand and easy to add new batteries in due course , but that will
take more work and cable to change
Ok just checked the voltages of each battery , the left bank were all lower
so i would say that means the original way i wired , very first image , in my very first
post in this thread was , "operable but poor "
I have just rewired and using bottom right post for charge / draw , lets see how it goes
i shall report back in due course