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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link="#0563C1" vlink="#954F72"><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Hey Eric:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>I use the Battery Tender brand of chargers an find their website useful. If you go to <a href="http://www.batterytender.com/connecting-chargers">http://www.batterytender.com/connecting-chargers</a>, they have info on connecting chargers to 2 batteries in series, 2 in parallel, etc. <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Under 2 batteries in PARALLEL, one charger they show:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><img border=0 width=639 height=275 id="Picture_x0020_1" src="cid:image001.gif@01D4D1C6.699C0770" alt="Figure 9: Two Batteries in Parallel, One Charger"></span><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>For 2 12 VOLT batteries in SERIES [24v], they show:<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><img border=0 width=400 height=350 id="Picture_x0020_3" src="cid:image002.gif@01D4D1C6.9AD77BD0" alt="Figure 8: Two Batteries in Series, One Charger"><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><u><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'>Al Fuller<o:p></o:p></span></u></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif'> Shop-talk [mailto:shop-talk-bounces@autox.team.net] <b>On Behalf Of </b>eric--- via Shop-talk<br><b>Sent:</b> Sunday, March 3, 2019 10:11 AM<br><b>To:</b> Shop-talk@autox.team.net<br><b>Subject:</b> [Shop-talk] Hooking up a trickle charger to a truck with two batteries and a thermoswitch<o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Two Quick questions,</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>1- Can I hook up a normal trickle charger to a truck that has two batteries? If so, how should I wire it? I'm finding confusing info on the web.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Do I hook it up to one battery only? </span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Do I put the pos on one batt and the neg on the other?</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Do I need one for each battery?</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>2- Is there a 120vac themo switch for a trucks block heater? (so it only turns on the block heater if the outside temp is below a certain temp? (what would that temp ideally be?)</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks again all!</span> <br><br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'>Thanks in advance.</span> <br><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif'><br><br>Sent from my Commodore 64 on a 2400 Baud Modem.<br>Tech Viper<br>"Be as beneficent as the sun or the sea, but if your rights as a rational being are trenched on, die on the first inch of your territory." Ralph Waldo Emerson <br>-Who is John Galt?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div></body></html>