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jump starting trolley 24v

ruxpin82 · 2009-11-23 10:17:26

well gents, i want to make a jump starting trolley for uses on trucks and i have 2 12v batteries at my disposal. Might seem a very simple/stupid question to some of you but am i right in thinking that if i connect the two 12v positives together and run the positive clamp of that and do the same for the negative, it will…

23-11-2009 10:17am

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ruxpin82

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well gents, i want to make a jump starting trolley for uses on trucks and i have 2 12v batteries at my disposal.
Might seem a very simple/stupid question to some of you but am i right in thinking that if i connect the two 12v positives together and run the positive clamp of that and do the same for the negative, it will kick out the desired 24volts?

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#2 23-11-2009 10:27am

martinr5232

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No that is twelve volts in parralell basically a big twelve volt battery.

For twenty four volts you connect the positive from one battery to the nagative on the other and your clamps off the other poles.

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