Batteries for a 24V TM

[Eatmorecrappie]

Should the batteries for the TM be the same size and brand or does it matter? Thanks

[SeaRay]

Yes they should be identical and the same age. If you match a new heavy duty one with and older weaker one, it will deplete the older one quickly and you will get poor performance. Least that is what they told me when I was running 2 12 volts in my RV. Now that was in parallel but I would think you needed to match them regardless as to whether they are series or parallel if they are tied together.
On my boat I have one 12 volt for cranking and accessories and one dedicated to the TM(12V) so they don't have to be matched since they are independent of each other.
Ray

[gabowman]

Not sure what kind of answer you'll get but I believe they should atleast be the same size and amp/hrs. It's also recommened that when one goes bad then both should be replaced as a brand new battery is only as good as the second one on a 24v. system.

[Barnacle Bill]

Not sure what kind of answer you'll get but I believe they should atleast be the same size and amp/hrs. It's also recommened that when one goes bad then both should be replaced as a brand new battery is only as good as the second one on a 24v. system.

Yup. they should be identical. And be sure to recharge after every use.

[Eatmorecrappie]

Thanks guys will do

[uncle remus]

Not sure what kind of answer you'll get but I believe they should atleast be the same size and amp/hrs. It's also recommened that when one goes bad then both should be replaced as a brand new battery is only as good as the second one on a 24v. system.

yup you right GBM change them all at same time bad one will kill the good one. when I owned heavy equipment some had 4 batt.in um -- old C pull pan had 6 when one went bad I changed um all. lot of $$ to start with but saved a lot of $$ in long run. main thing it done was crank the things up instead of going to store and buying new batts. every week or two change um all - last longer - have more fun and cheapest way to go just use same size and amp/hrs as GBM and B/B said. brand don't matter much because the same people make about all of um anyway just different names on um.