Hi Keay
On our boat there is a piece of plywood glassed in that the head sat on. You could screw the box into that, but the assembly is stronger (and more waterproof) if you glass the box in place. Keep in mind that epoxy resin bonding to old, cured polyester resin gives you a good adhesive bond, but using new poly resin on old poly resin only gives you a mechanical bond
Of course, strapping the box to the forward edge of the bulkhead works fine and makes it easy to make changes
Mike Kennedy
Pariah #146
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From: Keay Edwards <keay at keay3.net>
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Date: Mon, 21 Mar 2011 10:57:43
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Subject: [Santana 22] Battery Mounting
All,
hopefully a quick question.
I am overhauling the electrics in my S22. I would like to mount the battery on the floor forward of the main bulkhead, just in front of the compression post. I removed the marine head on my last haul out so this space seems ideal. My question is about the floor of the boat in this area. There appears to be something glassed in that supported the head and I'd like to set a couple of screws into this for fixing the battery in place (in its box). Hopefully someone knows exactly what I am talking about and can answer categorically whether I can put screws into this spot. (Maybe 1/2 inch max. I looked into the old marine head mounting holes and they seem a little deeper than 1/2 inch)
The other option is to just strap the battery and its containment box directly to the bulkhead (I'd like to do both actually).
Keay Edwards
keay at keay3.net
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