Next message: Lee Haefele: "Re: lv-ab: batteries connected parallel - revisited"
OK. The concept is this/ If a single cell in a
battery (wet, gel, or AGM) becomes shorted (less
likely in order listed) due to the plating falling
off and gathering in the bottom, or for any other
reason, then the other batteries in the parallel
group will source whatever current is required to
provide equal voltage. This means that if you have
done a good job installing the system and used
heavy gauge wires between the batteries and to the
breaker panel (we don't use fuses anymore right?)
then huge amounts of current COULD flow from the
good batteries to the bad battery.
In order to prevent the total discharge of your
battery bank (inevitable otherwise) one should
install a circuit breaker on the positive post of
each battery.
I will be using magnetic 100 amp breakers, the
fastest-blowing ones I can find.
The real danger is not fire or explosion,
although possible, but TOTAL discharge of the
entire battery bank.
To be avoided, I believe.
Eric Thompson
S/V Procrastinator
South San Francisco
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