Combining Six 6v Batteries on Your RV

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How to wire up 6 6 volt batteries in my rv

asked by: Rob M

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Depending on what voltage and amp hours you're looking for, there are a few ways to wire your 6 batteries.

To get the 12V output that most RVs use, you'll want to wire the first to batteries in a series configuration and the rest in a parallel configuration. You can take a look at the included picture as a reference.

To break it down, the first two would have one positive connected to the other's negative. The remaining positive and negative would be connected to the second pair's same sign (positive to positive and negative to negative). That second pair would connect to the third pair like that as well (+ to + and - to -). The third pair would have the positive connected to the 12V and the negative to the ground.

In this way, you would get 12V and increased amp hours.

You will need to charge these batteries individually for the best results. I recommend the NOCO Genius Smart Charger, part # 329-GENIUS10. It has multi-stage charging to charge faster. I've linked to a video review of this charger for your consideration.

expert reply by: Kef G

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Answer 1

It sounds like you have four 6-volt batteries connected to produce 12 volt service to something like a travel trailer, horse trailer, or RV. Your vehicle will have two main lines (power and ground) that come to what would have been one battery.…

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Answer 2

I have a solution for you, but the NOCO GEN1 charger you've mentioned is not currently available and has been replaced by NOCO. Instead you could use a single bank charger like the NOCO Genius 12v 10amp #NOC44FR, which is the newer version…

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Answer 3

For your Toyota RAV4 and charging 12V car batteries I recommend the NOCO Genius Smart Battery Charger - AC to DC - 6V/12V - 10 Amp item #329-GENIUS10. The NOCO Genius charges and maintains lead acid and lithium-ion batteries. It has a start voltage…

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Answer 4

The NOCO #329-GENIUS10 is the ideal charger. Not only can it charge up very large batteries quickly, the batteries can remain connected to the charger indefinately on a maintenance charge. It has many modes that will allow you to charge most…

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Answer 5

Yes, you can charge multiple batteries simultaneously while wired together in series or parallel as long as your charger works at the final output voltage of your battery bank, and the charger is designed for the final output amp hours (Ah). For…

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Answer 6

Yes you can use the NOCO Genius Battery Charger and Maintainer #329-GENIUS10, on your vehicle with two batteries. Just attach the cable with eyelets as you would to charge or jump your batteries. Connect the positive lead to the positive post on one…

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Answer 7

To provide a maintenance charge to the battery on your trailer while you travel you will want to run the hot lead from the battery to the 12V pin on the 7-Way. At the back of your trailer's 7-Way this will be at the 1 o'clock position (see…

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Answer 8

The battery charger is best selected based on the size of the battery bank and battery type. The OptiMate 7 Smart Battery Charger part #MA37JR can charge/maintain a bank up to 400 amp hours. It works with flooded, AGM, gel, Ca-Ca (lead calcium), and…

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Answer 9

From what I could find out, the GenMini1 is designed to only be used with 12 volt lead-acid batteries. If you are using two 6 volt batteries, this cannot be used. The flashing LED lights are referring to the voltage being incorrect. To charge your 6…

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Answer 10

We would strongly discourage anyone from connecting batteries in series or parallel applications if the batteries are not identical in age, size and type.

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Answer 11

The Go Power RV Converter and Smart Battery Charger - 12V - 55 Amp, part #34266169, will work. You might have to do some altering to make it fit.

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Answer 12

The Go Power RV Converter and Smart Battery Charger #34266169 was designed to be used with standard 15 amp circuits like what your storage unit has so it would work great. This would draw right around 8 amps so you'd be totally fine.

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