Battery Placement advice

[FNQCairns]

as far as vibration......I cant see that any boat would give a battery the sort of hammering it would get in a car on a corigated road....the AGM most cretianly should cope with the vibration better than a battery with open cell plates.


Good point

Cheers

Bill

I dunno?

It's not vibration it's large scale sudden changes in direction thats the problem (hammering or slamming).

Vibration at the leisure of springs and shock absorbers, corrugations can make my bum feel numb after an hour or so but boating has been known in moments of inattention and in the blink of an eye cause my bum to bounce leave my seat fly through the air and occupy an entirely different portion of the boat not to mention sorely bruised if I even try to sit down to give my legs a rest from absorbing impacts.

cheers fnq

[Last Cast]

Another good point, not sure where to go from here but i might try 1 agm battery up under the seat & see how it goes. Thanks to everyone for their tips & opinions, will fit one as i said under the seat on some sort of shock absorbant matting/ Rubber if i can get some, let you know how it works out
ps Spoke to Sparky at work & he Recomended 2b&s Cable to allow for any voltage drop over 6mtrs, said it was probably overkill but better safe than sorry for the little extra $$$

[Blaster Bretty]

Mate I have my century marine battery way up front under the dashboard in my glass runabout, got a long cable and have had no issue's with loss of voltage etc,the reason its up there is to try and get the weight distributed a bit better coz the motor is a tad heavy, she's all screwed down and cant move at all, as we all know there is a heap more up and down left and right movement up front but marine batterie's are specially designed for this exact reason, the turbulence of the ocean travel etc. it is very important to keep the batterie's charge up though as letting them drain to the point of flatness is said to decrease the batterie's life. ive never had the battery located at the rear so I cant say if it planes better or quicker but I love having there coz its outa sight.

Bretty

[Last Cast]

Thanks blaster , going to move em both up under the seats so now its just finding the time between work & play