I have used shower pan liners to line large battery boxes in mobile applications. They work great - no leakage or deterioration. I put down one liner, then a 1/4 sheet of plywood on the bottom, then another liner. The plywood sandwiched in between is there in case the heavy batteries puncture the upper liner layer (never happened in my experience). Get them at Home Depot off the roll per linear foot.
A molded plastic tub would be best, or maybe fiberglass, but after pricing them out, I abandoned the idea. Jason Szumlanski Fafco Solar http://fafcosolar.com -----Original Message----- Message: 5 Date: Fri, 30 Apr 2010 09:21:45 -0600 From: Mick Abraham <[email protected]> To: RE-wrenches <[email protected]> Subject: [RE-wrenches] Ideal platform for flooded type batteries: opinions wanted Message-ID: <[email protected]> Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Hi, Mechanix~ My "customer du monde" has a dirt floor in the battery space but he's willing to build something on which we could place his "wet" type batteries. Concrete is strong but it also tends to begin dissolving when battery acid gets on it. Been there, seen that, didn't like it. Wood could be strong but what about the dissolving problem? Would pressure treated wood be better than white wood, redwood etc.? OR: what else would the group advise for a support structure? ************************************************************ The above questions assume that whatever we do will probably get wet, but that may be too pessimistic. Could someone give me a mini-review of plastic trays which would protect whatever goes beneath? I'm pretty sure polypropylene is the right type plastic but short of custom welding by a plastic fabricator...where can I find trays which fit OK with floor scrubber type battery case dimensions? Thanks all around, Mick Abraham, Proprietor www.abrahamsolar.com Voice: 970-731-4675 _______________________________________________ List sponsored by Home Power magazine List Address: [email protected] Options & settings: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/options.cgi/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List-Archive: http://lists.re-wrenches.org/pipermail/re-wrenches-re-wrenches.org List rules & etiquette: www.re-wrenches.org/etiquette.htm Check out participant bios: www.members.re-wrenches.org
