This my problem.
I have a boat that has 4 batteries on it. I have 3 yellow top optimas and a marine battery. The batteries are connected to a 4 position switch. The positions are off, batt 1 batt 2 , and all. I have the marine battery on position batt1. The have the optimas paralleled for batt2. All the voltages are 12v on all positions. Here is the problem. i bought a 4 bank charger to have the ability to charge each battery separately and condition each battery separately.What is the best way to separate the optima batteries so i can charge them separately? as mentioned they are paralleled. I thought I can use three solenoids to break the circuit(bus)when i put them on a charger and have a relay to active then when the charger is hooked up. i was going to use a 120v to 12v power supply hooked to a relay to switch them. I really want to keep this cheap and easy to maintain. Is there anybody that can give me an idea on how to break the optimas from the bus so i can charge them effectively?
I have a boat that has 4 batteries on it. I have 3 yellow top optimas and a marine battery. The batteries are connected to a 4 position switch. The positions are off, batt 1 batt 2 , and all. I have the marine battery on position batt1. The have the optimas paralleled for batt2. All the voltages are 12v on all positions. Here is the problem. i bought a 4 bank charger to have the ability to charge each battery separately and condition each battery separately.What is the best way to separate the optima batteries so i can charge them separately? as mentioned they are paralleled. I thought I can use three solenoids to break the circuit(bus)when i put them on a charger and have a relay to active then when the charger is hooked up. i was going to use a 120v to 12v power supply hooked to a relay to switch them. I really want to keep this cheap and easy to maintain. Is there anybody that can give me an idea on how to break the optimas from the bus so i can charge them effectively?
. I got an email back from the charger company, They said just connect each bank to each battery. He stated that this doesn't need to be disconnected from the paralleled bank. I am impressed with smart chargers these days. I would suspect that the internal resistance is less than the wiring resistance in order for this technology to work. Thanks for the quick reply and thank you for being able to bounce my ideas around. It makes engineering much easier. Now i can concentrate on some truck projects.
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