ok, Thanks. Imagine somebody has a patent on a simple marketable solution like, say, a 3" plastic cup with a waterproof cable tail that is secured to the battery case terminal areas with a hose clamp. Maybe the battery is vented up the same exit with the cable in a companion tube. I could have retired to florida with an idea like that.
I like Theis' radical battery arrangement because it IS so protected. It's a good idea to have the starter bat close to the OB, right? Maybe the juice for the conviences can be mounted lower and near panels.
(I'm putting in a propane locker for a portside stove on the left in back of the cockpit, why not a starter bat locker on the right?)