Somebody needs to change the subject on this.  Maybe something like ramp
aircraft covers or something like that????? 

See N64KR at http://KRBuilder.org - Then click on the pics 
See you in Mt. Vernon - 2006 - KR Gathering
There is a time for building and a time for FLYING and the time for building
has expired.
Daniel R. Heath - Columbia, SC
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From: VIRGIL N SALISBURY
List-Post: krnet@list.krnet.org
Date: 10/16/05 11:05:36
To: kr...@mylist.net
Subject: Re: KR> Battery Mount

        In a marine area, check out thr boat covers. Used ones may be
free or cheap.
An over sized one may have enough material to easily do a plane, Virg

On Sun, 16 Oct 2005 09:49:16 -0400 "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com>
writes:
> I checked with a marine canvas shop, but it was too expensive so I
> made it
> myself.  I used Sunbrell canvas which is a good UV blocking marine
> canvas
> and the materials were about $800.00.  I probably have about 20
> hours labor
> in the cover.  Other than the home economics class we had to take in
> junior
> high 20 years ago I have no other sewing experience so it is pretty
> easy and
> anyone can do it, or talk their wife into it.
>
> At the time the difference between a hanger and a tie down here was
> about
> $300 a month if you could even get a hanger so it was pretty much a
> no
> brainer for me to keep it otside.
>
> Brian Kraut
> Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
> www.engalt.com
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net
>mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net";>krnet-boun...@mylist.net
[mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
> Behalf Of Robert L. Stone
> Sent: Saturday, October 15, 2005 10:54 AM
> To: KRnet
> Subject: Re: KR> Battery Mount
>
>
> Hi Brian,
>      I noticed in the second picture at the bottom of this e-mail
> you have a
> cover that covers your KR completly.  Where in the world did you get
> that
> cover, I suspect you had it custom made???
>
> Bob Stone, Harker Heights, Tx
> rsto...@hot.rr.com
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Brian Kraut" <brian.kr...@engalt.com>
> To: "KRnet" <kr...@mylist.net>
> Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 10:10 PM
> Subject: RE: KR> Battery Mount
>
>
> > You can look at www.engalt.com/kr2.htm and click on engine.  I had
> a
> > simple
> > aluminum sheet metal box with no sides and long bolts on the top.
> This is
> > the way the plane was when I bought it and it worked fine.  It had
> some
> > insulation wrapped around the battery.
> >
> > The one thing I would prefer to have if I was starting from
> scratch is an
> > enclosed box to contain the acid if the battery leaks.  You can
> buy cheap
> > bigger battery boxes at boat supply stores.  I assume that you can
> find
> > motorcycle size plastic battery boxes from motorcycle parts
> suppliers
> > also.
> > Make sure that you also have some kind of strap to keep it from
> coming out
> > the top in negative G maneuvers.
> >
> > Brian Kraut
> > Engineering Alternatives, Inc.
> > www.engalt.com
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: krnet-boun...@mylist.net
> [mailto:krnet-boun...@mylist.net]On
> > Behalf Of jscott.pi...@juno.com
> > Sent: Friday, October 14, 2005 8:53 PM
> > To: kr...@mylist.net
> > Subject: Re: KR> Battery Mount
> >
> >
> > Mine is done very much like Larry's upper battery.  It sits on a
> piece of
> > 1/4" angle aluminum with a pair of long holddown bolts and a
> simple strap
> > to hold the battery tight against the firewall.
> >
> > I was told that with my battery sitting about 3 inches from the
> left
> > exhaust pipe, my battery wouldn't last a year.  The first one
> failed
> > after 4 1/2 years and 325 hours.  The second one is 4 years old
> with 210
> > hours behind it and still functions normally.
> >
> > Jeff Scott
> > N1213W
> >
> >
> >
> >
> > On Fri, 14 Oct 2005 18:25:00 -0500 larry flesner
> <fles...@midwest.net>
> > writes:
> >>
> >> >    I need to mount my sealed 15 amp battery onto my firewall.
> >> Does anyone
> >> >have a picture on their web sight that shows what you have
> done?
> >> Jim Morehead
> >> +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >>
> >> When I moved my battery (main battery) to the firewall, I
> started
> >> to build a box/holder but found I didn't have room for anything
> >> but what you see in the picture at the following address.  The
> >> battery is setting on a small piece of 1/4" alum angle that is
> >> fastened to the firewall. The front vertical piece has a small
> >> alum angle on the bottom edge of the battery to keep it from
> >> slipping upward.  There are three 1/4" bolts that hold the
> battery
> >> to the firewall.  This is a rock solid mount and there is zero
> >> movement of the battery.  175 hours and no problems.
> >>
> >> http://www.krnet.org/mvn2004/040929139.jpg
> >>
> >> My small backup battery, top battery in the picture, is mounted
> >> in a similar fashion.
> >>
> >> Larry Flesner
> >>
> >>
> >>
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