Relocating Batteries
I am moving my pair of Costco Golf Cart Batteries from the tongue, to the rear of the camper under the bunk area. Primary reason is to get my tongue weight down a little bit. I've done all the calcul...
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RoyB wrote:
If you vent the batteries be sure it is a box that is vented not just a vent for the larger area where the batteries are sitting. All those fumes are very corrosive and will attack anything metal.
Also if you boil out the fluids you need to address where the run-off is collected or bypassed to.
The battery fumes are also very explosive and should not be around anything that can spark on you.
I personally would not like having wet cell batteries anywhere close to where I would be sleeping. To me batteries belong outside on the trailer tongue but you gotta do what you gotta do sometimes...
If money was no object here I might think about getting some sealed AGM type batteries if they were to be used inside the trailer.
Roy Ken
It's not ideal of course, but I feel it's reasonable and can be done safely. Good point about the metal corrosion in there. I only use SS fasteners in my RV, so I should be fine there. I will vent the new battery compartment space and mount the current battery boxes in that space. They will catch any boil over.
MM49 wrote:
I like your idea of moving batteries, but your plan will not work.You are loading a 150lbs on the heavy side of your trailer.
MM49
I'm not worried about 150 throwing off the side to side balance of an 8000lb trailer. I tend to think the slide out is the heavier side, not the side the batteries will be on.
