bass boat batteries

[kestianj]

anyone know anything about bass boat batteries? ,I just picked up a bass boat and theres 5 batteries in the back, two of them are connected negative to postive and theres a 24 volt trolling motor , Im guessing the trolling motor runs off the the two that are connected to each other? is there any other reason two batteries would be ran like that? thanks......

[bigmandengo]

They are run in series to achieve 24volts. I dont see that there would be anything else on a boat that would run off 24volts.

[kestianj]

so when I purchase new ones , just hook them up the same ? I always thought if you touch positve to neg it sparks????

[xj35s]

naw

It's like batteries in a flashlight. positive to negitive. Just don't touch the open terminal from the first batt to the open terminal on the second batt. I've welded jeep steering components together in the woods with that setup. major amprage.

[bigmandengo]

Parallel battery wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in parallel (i.e. both/all positive battery terminals are wiredtogether, and both/all negative battery terminals are wired together. This results in a battery voltage which is the same as that of the individual batteries. The reason for doing this is to boost battery capacity- two identical batteries wired in parallel give twice the electical storage capacity of one battery. No increase in voltage is obtained with parallel wiring.

Series wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in series (i.e. positive terminal of the first battery is hooked to the negative terminal of the second battery). The resulting voltage is the sum of the individual battery voltages - if two 12V batteries are hooked together, the resulting voltage will be 24V. No increase of storage capacity is obtained with series wiring.

[kestianj]

thanks for the help

[philipatmaxfour]

Hooking two or more batteries together

Parallel battery wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in parallel (i.e. both/all positive battery terminals are wiredtogether, and both/all negative battery terminals are wired together. This results in a battery voltage which is the same as that of the individual batteries. The reason for doing this is to boost battery capacity- two identical batteries wired in parallel give twice the electical storage capacity of one battery. No increase in voltage is obtained with parallel wiring.

Series wiring is where two or more batteries are hooked together in series (i.e. positive terminal of the first battery is hooked to the negative terminal of the second battery). The resulting voltage is the sum of the individual battery voltages - if two 12V batteries are hooked together, the resulting voltage will be 24V. No increase of storage capacity is obtained with series wiring.

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