Charging Deuce Batteries

[Recovry4x4]

opcorn:

 

[papercu]

It's search NAZI, please get it right.

It's my post, I can call it what I want. Now you want to be the terminology police too? Isn't that double dipping?Wayne

 

[doghead]

Isn't that double dipping?

Are you refering to a Ménage à trois? That will recharge anybody !

 

[BEASTMASTER]

i picked up a 24 volt wheelchair battery charger at my parts store for@20.00 put it on to warm the batts before i have to go out plowing.

 

[BEASTMASTER]

Unbelievable !!

 

[DanMartin]

Chargetek 500-1

They are like $100 and perfect for a deuce. Charges and conditions both batteries individually. Hard-wire it, plug in your truck when not in use, and forget it. Just need to keep the fluid levels in the batteries up (check every month or so).

I got mine here

 

[JasonS]

Go to www.powerstream.com and click on the "tech resources". There's good info on lead acid charging. Also download the book on lead acid batteries.

 

[jdmcgowen]

Question while on this subject....
Can you use 3 12V Batts, and wire one in series and one in parrallel to = 24 volts? Seems like it would work, and work the batteries less.

 

[Michael]

You could do that on a CUCV but not on a deuce. It wouldn't be balanced. You could do 4, 2 in parallel and two in series. That is the way 5 tons are.

Another good battery charging reference.

http://www.batteryuniversity.com/partone-13.htm

 

[jdmcgowen]

Thanks Michael

 

[jdmcgowen]

Will this work?

 

[jdmcgowen]

Please don't try that, after looking at it again, I realized it's putting 24 volts to that 12 volt batt.
Not good

 

[sgtrisk]

 

[DanMartin]

You would need 4 batteries to do what you are trying to do...series/parallel. Basically how the 5 tons work IIRC (use 4 12v batteries in two series-banks, then each bank in parallel for make 24v with a high power availability.)