The starting battery made it back into it’s spot. We cut the shelf down and removed two pieces of wood I had installed to make the shelf larger.
We do not use the extra room the larger shelf gives us and we have come to like the LifeLine AGM group 27 battery inside the black battery box. It keeps it neat and tidy and the box can be mounted to the shelf. This gives us the opportunity to put sound insulation on all sides of the compartment. If the battery were not in a box it would need to be mounted against the side of the compartment. In turn this would make it difficult to insulate the area by the battery. To keep the box we needed to drop the shelf back down over an inch. That will give us the head room to add insulation on the hatch cover also. Technically an AGM battery can be mounted on its side without a box.
We do not use the extra room the larger shelf gives us and we have come to like the LifeLine AGM group 27 battery inside the black battery box. It keeps it neat and tidy and the box can be mounted to the shelf. This gives us the opportunity to put sound insulation on all sides of the compartment. If the battery were not in a box it would need to be mounted against the side of the compartment. In turn this would make it difficult to insulate the area by the battery. To keep the box we needed to drop the shelf back down over an inch. That will give us the head room to add insulation on the hatch cover also. Technically an AGM battery can be mounted on its side without a box.
So we ran the black 4/0 ground cable to the negative buss bar by the batteries. It was going to the engine ground on the Perkins but we wanted to get it out of the engine compartment if we could and we did. It’s loss is 20 percent greater with the heat of the engine compartment. Also this may allow us to monitor the starting battery with the Link 2000.
We are awaiting our new selector switch for further installation.
Also we did not screw the shelf in or secure the battery in case Phil needs access below while installing the engine.
Also got the trickle charger hooked up again.
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