[AT] JD 620 / charging six-volt batteries

[David Rotigel]

NOT if you hook the charger leads to the "+ and "-" on the same battery only. 
	Dave

On Nov 20, 2014, at 8:40 PM, Dean Vinson <dean at vinsonfarm.net> wrote:

> When charging either of the two six-volt batteries in my 620, do I need to
> worry about disconnecting them from each other?   
> 
> http://www.vinsonfarm.net/photos/620_batteries_20140703.jpg
> 
> They're wired in series to provide 12 volts to the starter, so the (-)
> terminal of the grounded battery is directly connected to the (+) terminal
> of the other battery.   Hooking the (-) clamp from the charger onto the (-)
> post on the grounded battery (good) is therefore electrically the same as
> hooking it to the (+) post on the other battery (bad).  So I've been
> disconnecting that big jumper cable between the two batteries.
> 
> But as I think about it, it shouldn't make any difference unless there's
> some path by which the charging current is being applied to the other
> terminal of the second battery also.  Correct?  No complete circuit to that
> battery, no effect of touching only one of the posts?
> 
> Thanks--
> 
> Dean Vinson
> Saint Paris, Ohio
> 
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