Battery and Fusebox relocation - advice please

[Matthew Poxon]

eff eff said:

There's not a lot of room behind the seat, the top hold down plate seems to stick out a long way and may foul and damage the seat back if the seat is pushed right back and reclined. A carpet cover should prevent that though or maybe modify the front fixing.

That is a very good point. I did all the measurements and even made a template out of cardboard to test clearance and it looked good. I didn't consider the seat reclining though! FFS!

[dnb]

phazed said:

Don't forget that many production cars have the battery in the boot/rear area.

Production cars these days are crash tested. I don't believe TVR were required to do this (even if they did so voluntarily) so their results were academic. There is a lot of structure in the back of my Jag to prevent battery and fuel tank intersection. The same cannot be said of a Griff with the battery in the boot!

Matthew - I will find some pictures of the Odyssey installation.

[Matthew Poxon]

dnb said:

Matthew - I will find some pictures of the Odyssey installation.

That would be much appreciated. Also very interested in your mini fuse box... sounds like a great idea.

Looks like the PC1100 / Varley Red Top 40 above the fuel tank option is a non starter...

[phazed]

Err, don't let safety cloud your judgement.........

[77racing]

Matthew Poxon said:

Looks like the PC1100 / Varley Red Top 40 above the fuel tank option is a non starter...

what's stopping you fixing an "L" bracket either side of the amps and mounting the varley battery box on a shelve in front of the amps over the tank, still room before the edge of the tank to get roof in. aimho

[Matthew Poxon]

Thank you all very much for all your input. Some really good solutions people have come up with and thanks for sharing and taking the time to explain.

Decision made.... I am going to shamelessly copy eff eff's design with the two batteries behind the seats. I have managed to source the billet mounts from the same shop but on eBay and the customs and delivery charges are much cheaper through eBay's international shipping programme.

dnb - still very interested in your setup and new fusebox when you have a chance to rake the pictures out.

[eff eff]

Well done

[seaside]

seems like a good decision. will be interested in seeing the result, I may need to follow suit

[dnb]

Here you go. There's no heater box or dash in the way so it would have been a reasonable picture if camera phones were any good in 2011.



Here's a clearer picture of the fusebox. The battery was deliberately cheap since I knew I wouldn't get much use of the car for 2013 to 2015, so no sense in having an expensive battery die through sitting around. (No electricity where I store the car)

Edited by dnb on Wednesday 17th August 03:52

[Matthew Poxon]

That is a really nice solution, thanks for the photos. I like the battery box with the cut off switch built in, nice touch. Great idea with the smaller fusebox, that saves a lot of space.