Battery cable routing ?
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Topic: Battery cable routing ?
Posted By: Bob's2001
Subject: Battery cable routing ?
Date Posted: March-07-2007 at 3:49pm
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I'm replacing floor and stringer, etc that a PO had done poorly. He also ran the battery cables thru the foam. Now that I have all that crud out I'm wondering is there any reason not to run the battery cables thru the tube with all the other wiring? It would mean one less place to seal and would make it easier to replace them when needed. ------------- Bob Ed 83 2001 |
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Posted By: TRBenj
Date Posted: March-07-2007 at 4:05pm
On my boat, the battery cables have their own dedicated tube routing them from the battery box through the bulkhead.
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Posted By: Bob's2001
Date Posted: March-07-2007 at 4:20pm
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OK that makes sense. My battery box had been removed and it is in a box in the bow now. (how now brown cow, bow wow, sorry)I can run a piece of conduit for the cables. Thanks Benj. ------------- Bob Ed 83 2001 |
Posted By: GottaSki
Date Posted: March-07-2007 at 4:31pm
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Posted By: 05 210
Date Posted: March-07-2007 at 8:11pm
LMAO 
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GottaSki wrote:Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-10-2007 at 5:50pm
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that tube also acts as a vent for the battery, it does produce gasses while running and they exhaust into the engine compartment, if you ran them with all the other wires and cables there is a possibility of the wires shorting and there is nothing worse than a battery cable shorting... thats the only tube i ran in plastic for safety issues, Im sure there is also some type of law also when they manufacture the boat to keep them seperated. I truly would put them back the way they were. once you really think about it you'll think its not that bad of an idea to do it that way
Eric ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: Bob's2001
Date Posted: March-11-2007 at 12:48am
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The battery is in a box like you see on an outboard, mounted up under the bow, so the gasses aren't an issue. I have a 1.5" plastic tube just for battery cables to run to the engine compartment. Got the new stringers in and next step is foam and floor. After that it's hit the water. ------------- Bob Ed 83 2001 |
Posted By: eric lavine
Date Posted: March-11-2007 at 10:22am
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are you doing just the front section? ------------- "the things you own will start to own you" |
Posted By: Bob's2001
Date Posted: March-13-2007 at 10:57pm
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Nope ------------- Bob Ed 83 2001 |