Re: Battery Box

salty@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:

> On Fri, 15 Feb 2008 14:38:59 GMT, Dan@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 (Dan ) wrote:
> 
> 
>>I've read the specs. for Coast Guard requirements and still have a
>>question with regards to batteries.
>>The starting battery is in the engine compartment.
>>The engine is a gasoline engine.
>>I built a tray that the battery has to be lifted up to set it in. Has
>>a lip all the way around. 
>>The battery has only 1" of clearance on top of the battery. The
>>battery slides under the berth deck into this tray. It's really hard
>>to lift this battery up and out of the tray. I have a clamp that holds
>>the battery into the tray.
>>Question is, does the battery need to be in a box or is it OK to sit
>>it on a tray?
>>I worry about the side of the battery cracking and leaking the acid.
>>Dan
> 
> 
> AFAIK, I has to be in a box. It would probably be a good idea even if
> it were not required, especially for flooded batteries. Boats
> sometimes capsize or get tossed about violently. It also protects the
> terminals in the event something else gets loose and ends up striking
> the battery. I'm not really too keen on a flooded battery being in a
> confined space with a gasoline engiine, but that's just me.
> 
> 

The battery will emit Hydrogen gas when under load.

The box should be gas tight and vented overboard where a stray spark
can't ignite the H2.

It should also be about to hold spilled or leaked acid without leaking
acid into the boat.

Ok?