[PSUBS-MAILIST] Battery pod

[Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles]

Alan
Just got a freight quote $300 and the batteries are $200 a pop. have to do
some serious talking to get his one past the wife!

On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 10:45 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:

> 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
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> On Thursday, April 1, 2021, 09:27:13 AM GMT+13, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> 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.
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> Rick
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> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 9:30 AM Alan James via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Thursday, April 1, 2021, 06:47:21 AM GMT+13, Rick Patton via
> Personal_Submersibles <personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> 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
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> On Wed, Mar 31, 2021 at 1:24 AM Steve McQueen via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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.
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> Good luck!
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> Steve
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> On Tue, Mar 30, 2021 at 7:10 PM Rick Patton via Personal_Submersibles <
> personal_submersibles at psubs.org> wrote:
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> Here’s a couple of views of what I have. Hope this helps.
> Rick
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