[C320-list] Trojan battery installation

Doug Treff doug at treff.us
Sun Jan 5 09:06:25 PST 2020


Speaking of rotating the batteries, be careful about that. Instead somewhere that the plates need to be oriented a certain way on sailboats so that they don't get too much air exposure when jerking for long periods of time. Can't find the article now.

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Doug Treff
doug at treff.us

On Sat, Jan 4, 2020, at 3:19 PM, Jack Brennan wrote:
> Thanks all. I’ll bring my measuring tape to the dealer, too, just in case.
> 
> Jack Brennan
> Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> Tierra Verde, Fl.
> Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
> 
> Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> 
> From: P.F. Ross
> Sent: Saturday, January 4, 2020 3:13 PM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Trojan battery installation
> 
> Jack,
> 
> I am in the process of totally upgrading the electrical system in our boat
> and will write up a complete report when I am hopefully done later this
> spring.  I owe so many people on this list it will be hard to acknowledge
> them all but I will try once I am finished.
> 
> However, I did install the T-105s in our boat without many problems and
> have just uploaded a few pics to our Owner's Album under an "Electrical
> Upgrades" sub album (please note that I an not through cleaning up some
> wiring in the battery compartments).  I extended the existing battery trays
> about an inch using resin and cloth per the C320 list (can't recall who to
> attribute this to at the moment).  I then made battery hold downs kind of
> like the original boards that came across the 4Ds in the boat except I
> added a notched block to keep the Trojans wedged against the inboard side
> of the trays (the Trojans are narrower than the 4Ds that took up the entire
> athwartship width of the trays).
> 
> The only issue I see with the Trojans is that the 5/16-18 threaded posts
> are short, I'm sure to discourage putting too many lugs on each post.
> Right now I am just using the nuts that came with the batteries (without
> lock nut) but I have flanged serrated lock nuts on the way.  This is the
> way Blue Sea components come today, using these flanged lock nuts without
> lock washers.  They have their reasons and I will go with those.
> 
> I did not have any height issues with the Trojans.
> 
> Mine is a '95 model and close enough to yours that I thought this might
> help.
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Frank Ross
> Beta Wave #206
> Naples, FL
> 
> On Sat, Jan 4, 2020 at 2:03 PM Jack Brennan <jackbrennan at bellsouth.net>
> wrote:
> 
> > I have a question for anyone who has installed Trojan T105 golf cart
> > batteries on their 320s.
> >
> > I have a 1998 model. With the factory battery case removed, I have just
> > more than 11 inches of room between the battery platform and the wooden
> > hatch that covers the battery area under the starboard settee.
> >
> > So Trojan says a T105 is 11.1 inches tall. I’m not sure whether that is to
> > the top of the case or the top of the battery post. (Trojan dealer is
> > closed today …) I don’t want to drive 30 miles to pick them up, then have
> > to return them.
> >
> > My question is: Did you have problems fitting the T105s into the space? I
> > plan on orienting the batteries port-starboard inside individual battery
> > cases strapped down in the compartment.
> >
> > I also have the option of golf cart batteries from a local manufacturer
> > that are less expensive and only 9.5 inches tall, but I would rather have
> > the quality of Trojan if I can.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> > Jack Brennan
> > Sonas, 1998 Catalina 320
> > Tierra Verde, Fl.
> > Dolphin Cruising Club of Tampa Bay
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > Sent from Mail for Windows 10
> >
> >
> 
>


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