[RE-wrenches] Battery Boxes

[Maverick Brown]

For FLA batteries, we only use plywood for the boxes. I'm worry about corrosion. 

For AGM, we use metal, usually AL. Stainless is more expensive. 

Thank you,

Maverick


Maverick Brown
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On May 13, 2013, at 7:30 PM, Jesse Dahl <dahlsolar at gmail.com> wrote:

> After seeing this battery box and seeing the issues that can arise if a large battery bank is deployed I contacted a local metal fab shop and asked for a estimate on building one if I needed it.  A 45"x40"x 20" battery box with stamped louvers was about $1000.  This was made out of stainless because they said rubber wouldn't stick as well to aluminum.  
> 
> Any thoughts on cost and using stainless for this reason?
> 
> 
> 
> Sent from my iPhone
> 
> On May 12, 2013, at 9:10 AM, Dan Fink <danbob88 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> Jesse;
>> I too have concerns about wooden battery boxes. Have seen a couple close calls with fires from thermal runaway, and acid doesn't treat wood kindly. But for a large bank, anything commercial is extremely expensive.
>> 
>> Our current solution is to caulk the wooden box, line with pink foam sheets if insulation is needed, then line interior with Du-Rock (cement board) and caulk. Don't forget mouse screens. 
>> 
>> I was always told that battery box lids must be slanted so the hydrogen accumulates at the top, but over the years have found the REAL reason -- it keeps the homeowner from using the battery box as a table for storing junk! LOL
>> 
>> For outdoor systems, I've seen some really nice battery boxes made from steel jobsite tool boxes lined with foam and cement board, and some are available with slanted lids.
>> 
>> Dan Fink,
>> Executive Director;
>> Otherpower
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>>> 
>>> On May 11, 2013, at 10:16 PM, Jesse Dahl <dahlsolar at gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>> > Hello,
>>> >
>>> > I visited a site on Friday to do some trouble-shooting on a system and noticed the battery box was homemade by the installer of the system. Made from lumber.  Seems to me like there may be some safety and liability issues with a homemade/lumber battery box. Maybe I'm getting gun shy after hearing sue stories.  Is this a common practice?  I did some looking and there really isn't a single box that would work for this system so it would've taken two boxes to do it, so that could be why they did it.
>>> >
>>> > Thanks as always,
>>> >
>>> > Jesse
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