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Old 03-12-2009, 05:51 PM   #8 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by Daox View Post
Can you elaborate on why this is necessary and what might happen if I don't do it?
If you connect two batteries with significantly different states of charge and not enough series resistance, it would result in a large current flow as the voltages equalize.

To equalize them, just connect the batteries in parallel with jumper cables (they have enough resistance, especially the cheap ones) and connect a charger to the batteries.
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