How to Charge Six- 6v Batteries Wired in Series
Published 10/09/2019
Question:
Charging six, 6 volt batteries hooked in series in a cart. Can you hook chargers in series to get 36 volts?
asked by: Bill B
Expert Reply:
It's not really a good idea to hook chargers together to gain more power, but you could change the configuration of your battery banks for charging purposes and make it so that you have a bank of 4 batteries and a bank of 2 batteries.
To charge the new separated battery banks, you'll use 2 battery chargers like the NOCO Genius UltraSafe # 329-G4 ; you would use 1 of the NOCO Genius on the 4 battery bank in 6v charge mode and the other NOCO Genius on the 2 battery bank in either 6v or 12v mode (depending on whether it is wired in series or parallel). I have attached a picture for reference to show how you would wire these new battery banks to a charger.
We do not currently offer any 36v capable chargers, but I do believe that they exist.
