A buddy of mine spilled some battery acid on things below the battery. He
also got some on the foam cushions. With all the damage that the acid did
he switched to gel batteries. After thinking about it I switched to AGM.
Sailboaters need to deal with angles of heal that can cause problems. I
would avoid anything under a battery that can spill acid.

"Wayne.B" wrote in message
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On Sun, 02 May 2004 08:31:55 GMT, Jim Richardson
wrote:
I am just interested in any reasons I should *not* run the
cables under the batterybox, appropriately secured, and away from
moisture, etc
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As long as the weight of the battery and box are not resting on the
cable, and the cable is protected from vibration and chafe, it is
probably OK. Not really ideal however. You don't say where the fuse
and disconnect are, but it would be better if at least the fuse came
before the under box excursion.