# Battery charging that are hooked up in series?

**URL:** <https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-charging-that-are-hooked-up-in-series/12792>\
**Category:** Ford NEVs\
**Created:** [September 7, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-charging-that-are-hooked-up-in-series/12792 "2017-09-07T22:55:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![MPDano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@MPDano](https://community.electricforum.com/u/MPDano)\
**Post date:** [September 7, 2017, 10:55pm UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-charging-that-are-hooked-up-in-series/12792/1 "2017-09-07T22:55:21Z")

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I was wondering if you could charge 1 battery at a time while they are still hooked up in a series?

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**Author:** ![Old\_Houseboater](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.electricforum.com/old_houseboater/32/544_2.png) [@Old\_Houseboater](https://community.electricforum.com/u/Old_Houseboater)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 1:06am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-charging-that-are-hooked-up-in-series/12792/2 "2017-09-08T01:06:57Z")

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Yes you can. You hook the minus to the minus and the plus to the plus of each individual battery.

Rodney

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**Author:** ![MPDano](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/848f3c/32.png) [@MPDano](https://community.electricforum.com/u/MPDano)\
**Post date:** [September 8, 2017, 3:24am UTC](https://community.electricforum.com/t/battery-charging-that-are-hooked-up-in-series/12792/3 "2017-09-08T03:24:23Z")

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Cool, thank you! Wanted to make sure that was safe.