Fruits Of My Labor (A-113)

[Tony G]

The battery box was all laid out and tabbed in, and then I read an article about battery orientation in sailboats and heeling and exposed plates... So we had to redo it in order to rotate the batteries 90 degrees. That resulted in the setee having to be taller which really isn't going to be all that bad.

So here's the run down. They are mounted in the starboard setee across from the stove. Being they are in the main cabin the top will have a gasket sealing it off from the living quarters. The cables will be fed to the monitor, charger, and panel through the PVC vent tube on it's way to the cockpit locker. The top screws down using 1/4" by 3 inch stainless screws and T-nuts. The reinforcing on the underside of the top also holds down the batteries so they can't move around. Each battery sits in its own box. I can lower the batteries into the compartment no problem, but, the boxes have to be dropped through a "key way" and then slid over to their proper resting place between wooden cleats. It's still a work in progress as we have as many plates in the air as I can manage at one time.

Now let's see how many of these pics are kitty whampus...