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Battery Tray
Hey,
Thanks to the group for advice on my last post about my propane sniffer meltdown. Sniffer is now replaced, remounted, rewired (with fuse.) On to the next project: My 1978 Catalina 30 has a painted wood battery tray which is basically crumbling with wet rot. The way I figure it, I can either: 1) Use the drill and fill method to saturate it with epoxy and maybe glass over it. Pros: pretty easy Cons: I'll never get the "wood" (more like wood-chowder at this point) dry, it will eventually just rot again 2) Build a new battery tray out of Starboard Pros: easy to build, rot/corrosion/proof Cons: old wood is bonded to raised fiberglass area on the bottom of the hull. would need to rip that out and figure out a way to fasten the Starboard to the fiberglass (maybe SS bolts epoxied in place?) Plus Starboard is expensive. (But I've already got a big sheet of it laying around, so not a big deal. 3) Build a new battery tray out of epoxy coated marine ply Pros: Will bond nicely to the fiberglass. With proper care, I can make it rotproof. Cons: Bigger pain in the butt to assemble, coat, etc. What do y'all think? Any other options? - Ari |
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