Battery security

BarneyS wrote:
Our trailer now sits out in the woods for about 5 months out of the year so we have added a solar panel to the top of the metal battery box we got a couple of years ago.

The box makes the batteries just about as secure as they can get and the panel will hopefully keep them in good shape.
Barney

please let us know exactly where your trailer is parked unattended for months. also directions for removing the solar panel. :)
thanks,
bumpy

Our trailer now sits out in the woods for about 5 months out of the year so we have added a solar panel to the top of the metal battery box we got a couple of years ago.

The box makes the batteries just about as secure as they can get and the panel will hopefully keep them in good shape.
Barney

K Charles wrote:
Where do you have to go to get a battery stolen? After camping for several years I have never been to a place that I even though that could happen.

I've never seen it happen at a campground, but it's common at storage lots.

I did get OFF-ROAD on the subject hehe... They both are sometimes mounted on the trailer tongue I reckon... The one post that asked where do you go to get your battery stolen got me started I think hehe...

I posted another long article of recent time about batteries, generators, and propane tanks security that says about the same thing hehe. Anything that can be used for making drugs these days are fair game. With us RV'ers that includes the batteries for the battery acid, propane tanks for the storage of ammonia, and generators to see what they are doing way back in the woods somewhere.

As Maxwell Smart says "Sorry about that, Chief"

Roy Ken

down home wrote:
I've oft wondered why the Manufacturers don't find room for the batteries, inside the camper.

No guarantee of proper ventilation would be my guess.

wmoses wrote:

West Beachhouse wrote:
We are doing a little research. Just wondering how to lock the two battery boxes to the travel trailer tongue.

The easiest solution - get two of the B & D Battery Locks.

X2!!

I've oft wondered why the Manufacturers don't find room for the batteries, inside the camper. I suspect there is room, in any, of them under the floor etc. A ventilated battery box behind a bay door and less temptation to steal, what isn't seen. I've seen some great craftmanship for add on tool boxes, filter systems, and so forth in Mhs so there is somebody out there that has come up with a solution to exposed batteries on trailers. The propane tanks well.... don't know what regulations would have to be addressed.

Heck.... i purchased my travel trailer earlier this year. the previous owner brought in in from a deer lease. He locked the spare in his trailer. He purchased a denver boot to lock down the trailer. the very first night, someone cut the wires and stole the battery. later someone tried to remove the two propane bottles but stopped for some reason. He placed the trailer on craigslist and i purchased it.

Bumpyroad wrote:

wmoses wrote:

West Beachhouse wrote:
We are doing a little research. Just wondering how to lock the two battery boxes to the travel trailer tongue.

The easiest solution - get two of the B & D Battery Locks.

that's what I got. nice people to deal with also. the padlock I use has virtually no shaft exposed to cut. any potential thief will head for those with a fabric belt or no lock on them.
bumpy

This is what we do also. Had a battery stolen while parked in our driveway. Have not had one stolen since we bought these locks for both of our batteries.

We went OFF ROAD on the subject. ;)

(Pulling RoyB's leg ...)