>>I am thinking of having the original
rectangular battery holder, outside behind the LP tanks, fixed or copied.
The bottom of this alum. box is rotted out. Any ideas from you metal masters
on whether it can be fixed, or if I should just have a new one fabricated?
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My aluminum box was shot, too, and I'm going to have a new one fabricated
from light gauge stainless steel. Don't know the cost, but visit a sheet
metal fabricator or two, take your old box along.
You may get a better price from a small shop, possibly a sole proprietor
working alone. Or try a heating/air-conditioning man. He may use a sheet
metal person who would take on a small job and not charge you an arm and a
leg. You might also save $$$ by providing the raw material, which is often
available at metal salvage yards at far below new cost, although the
material may be new, just a "drop" from a larger sheet.
If you provide the material, be clear with your fabricator about the
thickness of the material, since the gauge of stainless steel is critical if
he's working with light duty forming equipment typically used by residential
HVAC shops.
Of course you could go with aluminum again, and try coating the interior of
the box with something (??) impervious to battery acid. Maybe spray-on
rubber undercoating, with a sheet of rubber underneath the battery?
Bob Harper
'62 Globe Trotter in SC
My auminum box was shot too, and I'm going to have a new one fabricated from
light guage stainless steel-----Original Message-----
From: Leslie Ashor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 4:15 PM
Subject: [VAC] Batteries and Jalousies
>In the last year we have talked so much about batteries and inverters and
>solar chargers, etc. and I had decided to get an RV battery and put it
under
>the couch in a marine container with a vent hose to outside. To whomever
>used the Walmart container for this-did you notice that it is not
air-tight?
>In the interest of time, ease and $$ I am thinking of having the original
>rectangular battery holder, outside behind the LP tanks, fixed or copied.
>The bottom of this alum. box is rotted out. Any ideas from you metal
masters
>on whether it can be fixed, or if I should just have a new one fabricated?
>Cost estimate?
>On another subject, I have the jalousie windows in the kitchen, and would
>like to disassemble the whole thing for cleaning. There are little flat
>springs holding the glass strips in place, which I thought would flatten to
>release the glass, but I am afraid to push too hard. Do any of you know if
I
>am on the right track? Is there some secret to this? I may even remove
frame
>and all from the wall if it makes taking the thing apart easier or safer.
>Just planning my obsessive, compulsive four day weekend!
>Mike and Leslie
>'62 Tradewind "Silver Stogie" (trying out new names for the former Ghetto
on
>Wheels)
>
>
