That is as it should be. Long story with the hurricane, but a battery box had cracked, I hadn’t got a replacement for it yet, and trying to get upwind and upcurrent in a hurricane was not only futile, it was enough of a beating to crack the battery and crack the case more. The stinky acid solution was not only stinky, it got into a locker with all my spare canned food and ate holes in the cans ☹ Note that straps across the top of the BOX is not like straps across the battery, it can still move a little. I swore never again would I have wet batteries! Joe Coquina
From: dwight veinot via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Wednesday, June 1, 2022 10:33 AM To: Stus-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: dwight veinot <dwight...@gmail.com> Subject: Stus-List Re: [EXTERNAL] Re: Batteries again For safer storage of lead/acid batteries onboard mine are in leak proof battery boxes which are held in place with straps attached to solid support On Tue, May 31, 2022 at 9:48 AM Della Barba, Joe via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: Pretty much that. If you don’t mind having wet batteries those are probably fine. Having a battery crack open and dump acid in the bilge during a hurricane was a stinky situation I do not care to repeat. Joe Coquina
