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Hello Everybody,
As mentionned in §6.3 of this article
Gel batteries are not suitable for equalization charge.
How to keep balanced a 4S2P with 8 Victron Gel 12V 220Ah batteries without performing equalization regularly ?
How should be wired the battery bank? parallel wiring then serie
or
In this second solution, wether batterie balancer should be used, each battery string will need battery balancer
What is your feedback about keeping balanced a serie string ?
Thanks for your replies.
You really should use battery balancers. You can get by with 3 balancers, it should be documented in the balancer’s install manual.
We have a few installs just like this, works well.
Like this, without the last bank.
Hi,
thanks for the wiring schematic. It confirms that batteries should be parallelized before to be serialized.
What about the equalization process for Gel Batteries ? Please could you confirm Gel Batteries should not be equalized and the only way to keep bank balanced is batterie balancer?
Thank for your help.
Regards.
