battery compartment

  1. Electrical System Upgrade - Part 1

    E26-2 Electrical System Upgrade - Part 1

    One of my first priorities when I took ownership of this boat was "keep it from burning down". That came right after "keep it from sinking". (Although, maybe it sinking while it was on fire wouldn't have been bad, but I digress...) It's been said that the natural state of boat wiring is chaos...
  2. Adding Additional House Batteries via the Starter Battery Cable

    E32-3 Adding Additional House Batteries via the Starter Battery Cable

    Summary: If you mount a remote OFF-1-2-ALL (let's call it a OFF-HOUSE-START-ALL) switch to the end of the Starter battery cable, that cable then becomes dual-use for multiple banks. Say, for example, to keep the existing Start battery on the START side of the remote switch and then to add one...
  3. Battery Systems Upgrade

    E32-3 Battery Systems Upgrade

    My big project for the winter was upgrading most of my battery-related systems. Though some of this had long been on the list, the whole lot got moved to the forefront when my old Newmar 25 AC charger died. At about the same time, one of my flooded LA batteries was having trouble holding...
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  4. davisr

    battery compartment ventilation

    I'm thinking of using my starboard side cockpit locker as a compartment for two 6V golf-cart batteries wired in a series. Knowing that these flooded cells will release hydrogen during charging, I want to provide some passive ventilation for this locker so as to avoid the build up of this...
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