HUP Batteries Q & A

Series wiring means that the batteries are connected to each other positive to negative. Think of a flash light batteries that are connected nose to tail, nose to tail.

That's series wiring, and increases the Voltage. Amps or Amp hours stays the same.

With parallel wiring, the batteries are connected positive to positive, and negative to negative. An example would be jump starting your car battery to your neighbor's battery. You connect Positives and negatives. This increases the current to get his car started.

So parallel wiring increases current (amps) and amp hours, but the Voltage stays the same.

   Example of wiring in series