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Re: Battery charging

To: Dennis & Stephanie Littrell <dlittrel@northernnet.com>
Subject: Re: Battery charging
From: Wayne Kube <wkube@iadfw.net>
Date: Thu, 04 Jul 1996 21:03:48 -0500
Dennis & Stephanie Littrell wrote:
> 
> I'm sorry, folks, I really am. I've looked everywhere and I can't find any
> information on how to charge the twin 6-volt batteries in place using an
> external source.  Which cables go where, please?

If you look carefully as to how your batteries are connected, you will see that 
the two 
six volters make up one twelve volt system.  You will have one terminal 
connected to 
ground (frame) - it will be a positive terminal on a positive earth car, and 
will be 
the negative terminal on a negative earth car.  The other terminal on that 
battery will 
be connected to the opposite polarity terminal on the second battery (positive 
to 
negative).  The final terminal will be the one on the second battery that runs 
up front 
to the starter.  Take your external charger and connect it from this terminal, 
the 
other charger lead connects to the earth terminal.  Just make _very sure_ to 
hook 
positive to positive and negative to negative, no matter what the earth 
connection is. 
You will have one lead hooked to the left battery, the other to the right 
battery.  You 
are now applying 12 volts from the charger to the 12 volts that your 2 six volt 
batteries are making.

Wayne Kube
'79B
Plano, TX

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