jasoutside
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Re: 1976 22' Starcraft Islander Rebuild
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So whats the dilema now??:lol:
BTW - Location looks great.The fact is, summer heat can be even more damaging than winter?s cold temperatures when it comes to car batteries. And yet, few people give batteries a thought during the heat of summer. The cold hard truth is that:
- When the mercury rises, a car battery's strength goes down.
- Extreme heat, like 95? F outside combined with high temperatures under the hood, accelerates corrosion of car batteries.
- Heat causes the water to evaporate out of battery fluid, breaking down the battery grids.
Jas, you might consider an insulated divider at that location. Heat kills batteries, cold just makes it apparent.
From Interstates web site -
BTW - Location looks great.
Can o worms is right Glen!
Nah, basically, now that I have got into the rigging, and have since decided not to have storage hatches at the transom there, the seat box storage has become a little more valuable to me.
Here's the other thing - in thinking about the design of my dog house, I'll need to have a few inches of clearance at the front of the engine. Well, add just a few more inches on top of that I can now house the batts under/in the dog house too and I'm not really eating up too much deck space.
Plus, that puts the batts at the center line, and sorta towards mid boat (vs. the very stern) so that's not so bad either.
In short, batts in front of the engine, under the dog house:eagerness:
(Well, until I change my mind:noidea
I do not feel vindicated........