[PSUBS-MAILIST] Battery pod

[Alan James via Personal_Submersibles]

 Rick, that freight will be expensive. Made the comment about using the batteries as a solar Bank, as when I was on Maui power generation seemed to be a big issue. You should be getting close once you sought this problem! Alan

    On Thursday, April 1, 2021, 09:27:13 AM GMT+13, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  
 
 Allan I just found an AGM battery that has a similar profile at the group 24 wet cell that I have but the body is about 1/2" lower so I am going to make a template based on their dimensions to see if it will still fit in the battery tray. These are spendy little devils @ $305 each plus shipping to Hawaii.
Rick
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 9:30 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

 Rick, an idea I touted ages ago was to wire the submarines batteries in to the house as a solar / wind power storage bank. This might justify buying more expensive batteries. They may even pay for themselves in time. Instead of being used 1% of the time they are utilized 100% of the time. Alan Alan 
    On Thursday, April 1, 2021, 06:47:21 AM GMT+13, Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:  
 
 Thanks for all your help and ideas. I have a call out to a company in Arizona called Battery guys so hopefully they will be able to set me up with an AGM battery that will be a bit shorter to be able to pass by the all thread. Rick
On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 1:24 AM Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Rick, another thing I notice is that the posts/wingnuts of the battery terminals seem awful close to the top of the pod. If these were to touch the pod it would be an issue. I found things bounce around more than I would have guessed when trailering. Maybe another reason to look for a shorter battery form?
I am not sure how many amp hours your design needs. Most of us design for the max we can fit but in reality you might be able to get away with less.
Good luck!
Steve 

On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 7:10 PM Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

Here’s a couple of views of what I have. Hope this helps.
Rick 












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