Starboard battery box anyone??

[Stinky_Hooker]

Well guys in preparation for the addition of my trolling motor that I got a KILLER deal on...(THANKS TWISTED PARROT!!), I had to do some battery mods. I moved my two exiting batteries to under my console and Ill be adding a starting battery for the outboard. It will stay in the old location..right transom hatch. I am excited for the 100lb+ *weight moved to the center of the boat as she was butt heavy bad. ::)


On that note, I actually weighed my Stowaway batteries...deep cycle/trolling went 56lbs and the starting went 50lbs even...WOW thas alot of weight. :o




Please excuse photo quality as all I had with me was my phone. I know how yall are picture hos though so I took em anyways. ::)



Here is the basic setup of the box with one battery in it.
It was roughly 15.5x12.25" in dimensions. I put a small divider between them.









I drilled drain holes in the rear of it so I can wash them off from time to time.




I marked the width on the rachet strap to route out notches for them to pass through.




then routed them out....




Here they are setup under the console and fastened down.






Before I tightened the racket strap up I put a small treated 1x6 between them to keep them tight, but not against one another. *;)






The box sits on top of two 3" wide pieces of starboard and screws goes through all of it into the floor. I left a little rood under them so as to not build up trash/moisture underneath. 8)


Im waiting on a part for my trolling motor to come in (hence the killer deal) so Ill post up that install when it comes. In the meantime the wires are ran and ready...I will add the plug today probably.