Kenny i am trying to figure out which was is better for running a popup camper the longest i know you cant be exact without knowing how much is running by wiring 2 6 volt golf cart batteries together to make the 12 volts or 2 12 volt deep cell batteries for the more amps.
Wiring diagram for 4 6 volt rv batteries.
Wiring batteries in series parallel combination.
Take a look at the diagrams here.
Take a look at the diagram above.
Front storage bay old battery setup and wiring as an rv battery bank upgrade i m removing the 2 old six volt trojans and single 12 volt battery and simplifying things into one 4 battery bank.
The most observant among you might notice that rv appliances and plumbing are all powered via 12 volt dc.
If you use solar power or have a large motorhome you may need a more powerful rv battery.
I also have and want to use a 45 watt and poss buying more solar.
The good news is you can combine series and parallel wiring with 6 volt batteries so you can combine 4 or more and keep the voltage at 12 for your rv but increase the amp hours.
As i stated before when you wire batteries in series the voltage increases and the amperage stays.
At the basic level two 6 volt batteries are wired in series and two or more 12 volt batteries are wired in parallel in order to produce 12 volts final output.
With the positive from one battery connected to the negative of the other battery you have in essence created one 12 volt battery out of two 6 volt batteries.
The essential devices pull from those batteries.
In a series parallel combo configuration the batteries are wired per the diagram below and the result would be a doubling of the voltage and doubling of the capacity.
Fridge slides water pump built in lighting etc.
I ll go through each of these wiring methods below.
If you wire two 200ah 6 volt batteries together in series you end up with 12 volts but the amp hours remain 200.
Rvs have house batteries so dc is the most accessible source of power for an rv.
Before adding the extra solar i ve decided to first upgrade the battery bank with 4 fresh six volt batteries with a total capacity of 464 ah.
Watch as jc demonstrates how to properly connect four 6 volt rv ba.