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Thu, 23 August 2012 06:49

Ken Burton

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Registered: January 2004
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Do NOT wire 12 volt batteries in parallel.

I picked up three 12 volt 18 ah 3 year old batteries at a hamfest for $15.00. I intended to use two of them to power my 12 volt refrigerator in my Blazer when I'm parked overnight. I wired 2 of them in parallel and have been testing them as a back up for my ham radio APRS I-gate for about 4 weeks.

Yesterday I put the 12 volt cooler and 2 batteries in the Blazer in preparation for my departure this morning. This morning I was in the garage under the hood checking my oil and other things when all of a sudden smoke started rolling out of the back of my Blazer. I mean a lot of smoke. It filled the garage in about 20 seconds. It was the batteries. I managed to pull the battery box out of the back of the Blazer and carted it outside. Then I got them separated which stopped the smoke source. Then end result is one of the batteries has a shorted cell. I had wired them with 16 gauge wire and the smoke was the wiring burning up. I had no fusing between them so the good battery was discharging into the shorted one. These are two identical batteries of the same age and manufacturer. They came out of a back up UPS on a routine maintenance change.

Wait a minute!

That guy that said on GMCnet not to put batteries in parallel WAS ME.

I hate it when I get caught not following my own recommendations.

DO NOT WIRE 12 VOLT BATTERIES IN PARALLEL

Ken Burton - N9KB
76 Palm Beach
Hebron, Indiana

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		Someone here said By: Ken Burton on Thu, 23 August 2012 06:49
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		Re: [GMCnet] Someone here said By: Ken Burton on Sun, 26 August 2012 00:38
		Re: [GMCnet] Someone here said By: USAussie on Sun, 26 August 2012 10:03
		Re: [GMCnet] Someone here said By: Adrien G. on Sun, 26 August 2012 01:51
		Re: [GMCnet] Someone here said By: Ken Burton on Sun, 26 August 2012 02:15
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