If we could expand this battery thread a little, I have a somewhat related issue. Our surveyor dinged us last year for not having a proper means for holding the house bank (six golf cart batteries) down in the event of a capsize. They are located in a single file row in the starboard cockpit lazerette and there is no way for them to move laterally since they take up all of the available space. They could get loose and move vertically if we were to go topsy turvy but, since Sunshine is a catamaran, I have not made this a big priority on my "to do" list. Should I be more concerned about this? My thought is that, if we do capsize, the batteries crashing into (or even through) the lazerette lid will be the least of our problems.
I'm not sure that belts or webbing would be strong enough to secure them. Instead, I picture something like a 2x4 over the top of the bank that is secured at both ends. I would not want to use any sort of metal bar this close to the cables and terminals. Anything I might put over the tops of the batteries would interfere with maintaining them and space in the lazerette is pretty tight. Any thoughts or suggestions will be most appreciated. Phil McGovern s/v Sunshine PDQ 36 On Tue, Aug 5, 2008 at 4:00 PM, Norman Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > > Phil, > > I am a bit unsettled about the location you are considering for your house > batteries. If seawater should get to them chlorine, a very poisonous gas, > would result. I have flashbacks to submarine movies where the heroic > sailor dives into the battery compartment to effect a repair. > > I would feel much more comfortable if they were above the cabin sole. > > I too, thought seriously about installing large house batteries down low in > the engine room, it certainly would be nice to move the CG in that > direction. But after imagining the consequences of a flooded and sloshing > bilge with myself in there desperately trying to find the leak, I decided > to put them in the Saloon instead. > > Likewise, I put all my wiring as high as possible. > > Electricity and seawater mix all too well. > > > Norm > S/V Bandersnatch > Lying Julington Creek > 30 07.695N 081 38.484W > > > > > > > I'm thinking I could put all the batteries amidships, above the bilge, > but > > below the sole and put the buss bars on opposite stringers, well away > from > > humanity. Starter feeds would pop through the sole where appropriate and > two > > single cables would power the electrical panel. I already route all A/C > > power through the 2500 inverter so it keeps things simple > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Liveaboard mailing list > [email protected] > To adjust your membership settings over the web > http://www.liveaboardnow.org/mailman/listinfo/liveaboard > To subscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > The archives are at http://www.liveaboardnow.org/pipermail/liveaboard/ > > To search the archives > http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected] > > The Mailman Users Guide can be found here > http://www.gnu.org/software/mailman/mailman-member/index.html >
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