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Thread: Battery mounting
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11-03-2006, 01:10 PM #1
Battery mounting
Just pulled the trolling batteries out of the tracker for the winter. I found one damaged battery, both boxes damaged, and the cheap plastic tie downs damaged. Could have something to do with the hell I've put this boat through learning how to drive it. It seems to me that a loose battery could really add to the severity of an accident, also. (a loose spouse is bad enough)
Is there a good system for mounting batteries so they can take as much beating as the rest of the boat?
Thanks for the help in advance.
John
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11-03-2006, 01:16 PM #2
I glassed in a wood pad for my battery box to sit on and ran the nylon strap around it. Stays put real well.
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11-09-2006, 08:53 AM #3
I work with about 60 world class welders at a fairly large custom fabrication tank manufacturer. When I figure out exactly what I want, I bet one of them could build it for me.
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11-10-2006, 07:36 AM #4
so why the question?
why ask me ?
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11-10-2006, 07:13 PM #5so why the question?
1. I have no experience, and you guys do.
2. If I could get something inexpensively that does the job, why reinvent it?
3. Maybe I could get further insight defining the problem.
4. Pictures and descriptions of other solutions help, even if i "invent" something.
Thanks a lot for all the help.
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11-23-2006, 08:44 PM #6
My tip
I`ve been rigging a fev boats for sports and racing. What I use to do is to go to some place where they work metals, and ask hav them make a "belt" for my battery. They simply take a piece of flatbar and bend it so that its shaped like the battery, either to be screwed downto the "floor" if thats possible, or like a sideway support if you mount your battery near a stringer or another type of "wall" that you can bolt onto. Ran this in a tiny offshore class here in norway where we race 16 ft boats in up to two meters waves. never failed me. Simple and cheap.
Christofer.
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11-24-2006, 10:31 AM #7
What I have come up with is a stainless steel strap, with draw down screws and a base strap with multiple screws to the deck. It would fit up under the handles and cover of a plastic battery box, and maybe a wood or plastic spacer would be needed to hold down the battery. The battery will thus be bolted down firmly and in a box to contain leakage, and the cover would just fit over the top to prevent accidental short circuits.
Thanks for all the help.
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11-24-2006, 08:58 PM #8
Sounds smart
Kinda what I was trying to explane. Wan`t fail you, ever...
Christofer.