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Here's a few questions I have had about adding batteries to a truck
1. If you were to add an extra battery to your electrical system will this increase the load put on your alternator?
2. If you had two of the exact same battery can they be directly wired together in parrallel to retain the correct voltage, but double the amperage output potential?
3. If the addition of more batteries does not cause significant increase of load to the alternator, and all your batteries were the same model and spec, could you incorporate 3 or 4 batteries, all wired directly together in parrallel, tripling or quadrupling the potential output of amperage while keeping the correct voltage?
4. What kind of switches are available that will allow the connection of two batteries that will charge off a common source, the alternator, but will not share a common load. Like one smaller battery for just the starter and computer, and a larger battery for everything else, like lights and maybe a winch.
These are just a few things I have wondered about but am not neccessarily going to do. If you got the time and knowledge educate me!
1. If you were to add an extra battery to your electrical system will this increase the load put on your alternator?
2. If you had two of the exact same battery can they be directly wired together in parrallel to retain the correct voltage, but double the amperage output potential?
3. If the addition of more batteries does not cause significant increase of load to the alternator, and all your batteries were the same model and spec, could you incorporate 3 or 4 batteries, all wired directly together in parrallel, tripling or quadrupling the potential output of amperage while keeping the correct voltage?
4. What kind of switches are available that will allow the connection of two batteries that will charge off a common source, the alternator, but will not share a common load. Like one smaller battery for just the starter and computer, and a larger battery for everything else, like lights and maybe a winch.
These are just a few things I have wondered about but am not neccessarily going to do. If you got the time and knowledge educate me!