!2 or 24 volt?

Asked by Larry Jul 28, 2017 at 10:13 AM

Question type: Maintenance & Repair

I have a 1999 Dutch star diesel pusher rv with a freightliner chassis and a cummins engine.  Both 12 volt engine batteries seem to checkout as good, but if I drive just a little unconnected from the charging ac system it won't start unless I use the battery boost.  The battery boost jumps from the 2-6 volt batterys to the 12 volt.  Should My engine batterys be wired 12 volt or 24 volt?

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If you wire them as 24 volt you will burn out lights and other things. There are meant to be hooked up in parallel or 12 volt.

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