Pete, Since I’m not on the criteria list of having mounted a battery for the windless in the bow/v-berth area on our 1982 37’ I thought I’d weigh in anyway. Apologies in advance but I have to agree with Josh.
I mounted a Lewmar windlass on a shelf in the anchor locker. I thought quite a bit about doing what you are thinking about. And discarded the idea pretty quickly. I didn’t want to add any more weight to dragging down the fine entry of our boats. Anchor chain was enough. I didn’t want to add another battery to the existing system. I’ve already done enough fabrication on the boat so wanted to avoid that too. I didn’t want to think about charging the battery that far forward either. I settled on just running large cable from the house bank in the port locker to the windless along the port hull to the anchor locker with waterproof glands through the bulkhead. The breaker switch is located to port (next to existing battery switch location) at the base of the companionway steps. The solenoid for the control switches are mounted up under deck, to port in the anchor locker. Just my $0.02. Pictures of installation available upon request. Best regards, Dave Godwin 1982 C&C 37 - Ronin 1998 Mast & Mallet Thomas Point 34 - Katana P.S. Our powerboat deals with powering the windless in the same fashion. > On Mar 15, 2021, at 7:13 PM, Peter McMinn via CnC-List > <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> wrote: > > Hey all, > > As I prepare to mount a new windlass on my ‘85 37, I intend to install a new > AGM 12v on the centerline just aft of the holding tank. There is plenty of > room here for a battery platform and accessibility is fair. I’ve done my > homework on voltage drop, cable size, etc. but if you have specific > experience on a 37 with a fwd-mounted battery, I’m mostly ears. > > My question relates to ventilation. The under-berth space is fairly large, > but I know AGMs need to gas and I don’t want to create a hazard. Any > suggestions for adding an adequate vent to this area? > > Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with > the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use > PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
Thanks to all of the subscribers that contributed to the list to help with the costs involved. If you want to show your support to the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray Thanks - Stu
