Battery Placement
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Category: Repairs and Maintenance
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Printed Date: May-09-2024 at 3:34am
Topic: Battery Placement
Posted By: copcraft
Subject: Battery Placement
Date Posted: June-28-2007 at 2:12am
| I forgot to photograph the position of the battery in the '74 Mustang I'm doing some stringer work on. I am getting ready to pour the foam and was going to bury a battery box in the foam in the center of the boat under the dash. Now, I think I remember the battery was in the bilge in front of the ski pole. It obviously makes a difference as if I put it up front I will have to shoot a piece of PVC off the PVC the wiring is ran through to run the battery cables under the foam. Can someone please help with my brain fart? |
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Posted By: 79nautique
Date Posted: June-28-2007 at 4:45am
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well the box really isn't in the bilge there is a wall that separates it from that area and the drain for the battery box dumps into the bilge. You don't need to run the wires through the PVC that the other wires are ran through there is a smaller piece of pvc that paralell's the other main tube that goes from the bat box to the bilge area.
For location it is basicly the centerline of the boat with the forward edge of the box basicly even with the footrest starts to slope up and makes that 4-5" transition into the bow from the main floor. maybe bak an inch or two with the long side of the box running bow to stern. ------------- http://www.correctcraftfan.com/diaries/details.asp?ID=756&sort=&pagenum=1&yrstart=1979&yrend=1979 - 79 nautique |
Posted By: 8122pbrainard
Date Posted: June-28-2007 at 7:47am
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Watch the height. It gets real shallow up there. My 77 has just barely enough room for the cover to lay flush. ------------- /diaries/details.asp?ID=1622" rel="nofollow - 54 Atom /diaries/details.asp?ID=2179" rel="nofollow - 77 Tique 64 X55 Dunphy Keep it original, Pete < |
Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: June-28-2007 at 11:53am
copcraft, the set up youre proposing sounds very similar to how the newer boats are set up. Here is a pic of whats going on under my floor. '79 is right- a seperate PVC tube is run from the battery box through the bulkhead for the battery cables.
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Posted By: copcraft
Date Posted: June-28-2007 at 1:19pm
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Thanks guys, you saved me again! I'll hopefully get that set up today and foamed tonight,
David |
Posted By: rudderdad
Date Posted: June-29-2007 at 2:17pm
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Actually, the hull was the bottom of the battery box on my 72 ski tique. I remember drilling a drain hole in what i thought was the battery box to let it drain into the bilge, and then heard water hitting the shop floor. ------------- rudderdad |