txndncowboy
Bronze Member
- Joined
- Dec 4, 2016
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- 74
- Tractor
- Kubota/M9540
A battery maintainer is by far your best bet. I have been shocked at the number of years batteries last now that I use maintainers.
A battery maintainer is by far your best bet. I have been shocked at the number of years batteries last now that I use maintainers.
Correct battery's in parallel stay the same voltage, in series it adds up.
If you decide to run two batteries in parallel I would recommend a solenoid / relay between them, otherwise one can drain the other and with two low batteries it can be difficult to get them boosted enough for a start.
The old 1066's were not the best starting tractor in the cold, synthetic oil will help.
Also you may want to look into a new gear reduction starter, it will spin her over faster which will make for better starts.
I don't understand parallel batteries discharging each other......like to zero if that's what's implied. If they are functioning batteries that will hold a charge on their own, and they will achieve a happy medium when the energy stored in each is equal then I have no comment. If not, where's the mechanism for the discharge?