Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

[Mordekai]

I have a Tahoe Q4 and was wondering if you guys just screw your battery tray or box to the hull or can i just use a healthy amount of 3m 5200 and glue it down?

 

[rndn]

Re: Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

I always screw the tray down. Just make sure there is nothing below the screw. ie: hose, wires, fuel tank, etc.
I assume you are screwing it to a deck and not the boat hull!

 

[Mordekai]

Re: Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

From the look of the manufacturer's install it looks like they're screwed directly into the hull itself.

I'm planning to do a blue sea add a battery system install.

I just hope the merc 3.0 has a common alternator/starting wire instead 2 else that would complicate the install much more.

 

[seabob4]

Re: Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

If your battery tray was at the same angle as the hull, it would probably be screwed into a piece of wood glassed to the hull (Tracker would probably do this...). If it was horizontal, it is screwed to a shelf glassed to the hull...

 

[RicMic]

Re: Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

Glue won't stick to polyethylene. They need to be screwed down well, batteries are heavy, but that don't mean they just sit there!

 

[Wingedwheel]

Re: Battery Tray/Box Attachment to the boat

If your worried about going through your hull, just glue a small piece of wood to the hull with PL Premium adhesive and screw to that.