6v battery box for Cougar XL?

[VegasBT]

I just purchased a Keystone Cougar 28SGS. THE battery compartment holds the standard 12v group 24 battery. In a vented case. I would like to replace this with 2 6v golf cart batteries. The space is big enough to install the batteries without a case (the tech at the PDI showed me how they fit) but I want to install them in a vented box. The compartment measures 20" x 10". Has anyone done this? Any advice?

[TNRIVERSIDE]

VegasBT wrote:
On my Coleman, the batteries fit snugly side by side, and the whole case (lid included) was strapped to the support rails.

I bolted the box to the angle iron frame and placed a screw in each end of the lid. Hope to deter a walk by thief.

[SkiSmuggs]

Here is a write up of how I did it on my Cougar High Country fifth wheel:

Dual 6V install

All Battery Sales and Service carry two different brands of battery boxes. I did my own venting.

[VegasBT]

On my Coleman, the batteries fit snugly side by side, and the whole case (lid included) was strapped to the support rails.

[RKW]

TNRIVERSIDE wrote:
Two GC battery box.
This is the battery box that I used. It allowed two GC six volt batteries to be installed end to end. It fit my trailer without any modification.

How did you secure them?

[VegasBT]

Thanks for all the feedback! The battery compartment is vented on the bottom. I think I will build a battery case or purchase a side-by-side case (I had the end-to-end case on my Coleman, but it won't fit in the new trailer). I will definitely vent it out through the front. Thanks for the great ideas!

[Mile_High]

TNRIVERSIDE wrote:
Two GC battery box.
This is the battery box that I used. It allowed two GC six volt batteries to be installed end to end. It fit my trailer without any modification.

X2 - this company also makes them side by side.

You should vent it out the top and bottom like original. You can modify these boxes to dump out the bottom with a vent, and connect the hose to the top with some modification.

A broken battery over winter or even a general leak can really trash these steel cabinets.

[pitch_black]

I had same problem with my 5er. i wanted 2 6 volts also, so put one in spot made for one battery, then in front compartment put the other, no problems

[TNRIVERSIDE]

Two GC battery box.
This is the battery box that I used. It allowed two GC six volt batteries to be installed end to end. It fit my trailer without any modification.

[RoyB]

In addition of being vented I would also want to have the floor area covered with a plastic type catch basin to route any battery fluids to the outside. The battery fluids will be very corrosive.

Roy Ken

[PapPappy]

You probably don't need the case, though you will want the space to be vented. There have been threads on here, where folks have taken the battery box off the front of their TT, and replaced it with a metal storage box, that you might have in the back of a Pick-up...and then install the batteries with brackets to keep them in place. This also allows for storage of some other things, that you might want to lock up.
They installed vent screens on the backside of the box, so that it wasn't really visible from the front.

As long as you secure the batteries and have the compartment you will be using vented, you should be fine.

[n7bsn]

Is the battery door vented? That's how they have been in my last several rigs