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--></style></head><body bgcolor="white" lang="EN-US" link="blue" vlink="blue"><div class="WordSection1"><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Bill,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Off the shelf plastic tool boxes also work, we’ve used those in the past. You wouldn’t necessarily need to build a wood box around the plastic tool box(es) since they will hold up on their own. It all goes back to the size and number of batteries that you need and whether you can find a box that has appropriate dimensions. You’ve probably already considered this option, but I thought I’d mention it anyway. See attached pic as an example.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">Best,</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d">August</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";color:#1f497d"> </span></p><div><div style="border:none;border-top:solid #b5c4df 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in"><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";color:windowtext"> RE-wrenches [mailto:<a href="mailto:re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org">re-wrenches-bounces@lists.re-wrenches.org</a>] <b>On Behalf Of </b>frenergy<br><b>Sent:</b> Monday, March 30, 2015 10:19 AM<br><b>To:</b> RE-wrenches<br><b>Subject:</b> Re: [RE-wrenches] Acid containment</span></p></div></div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Kirpal, Allen, Dana, Benn</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> Yes, I'm curious about sealing laps, joints, corners, etc also. I've seen the PVC shower pan material...we'll see if its wide enough for our application, I always banked on about 3" up the side of a battery box would hold many gallons of acid. Benn, I did a search on this in the Wrench archives and someone mentioned the spray liner would soften (and then fail?) over time when exposed to acid.</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Bill</p></div><blockquote style="border:none;border-left:solid black 1.5pt;padding:0in 0in 0in 4.0pt;margin-left:3.75pt;margin-top:5.0pt;margin-right:0in;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">----- Original Message ----- </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="background:#e4e4e4"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">From:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:benn@skyfireenergy.com" title="benn@skyfireenergy.com">Benn Kilburn</a> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">To:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> <a href="mailto:re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org" title="re-wrenches@lists.re-wrenches.org">RE-wrenches</a> </span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Sent:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Monday, March 30, 2015 9:48 AM</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"">Subject:</span></b><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif""> Re: [RE-wrenches] Acid containment</span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Allan,</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">How would you deal with a seam that happens to lay within the containment area? Do you seal/adhere it somehow? With what? Or do you find that you can get the liner sheets large enough that you just 'stuff it in' (for lack of a better term), and then in the corners do you just double it over to make a tight fit? Or make cuts in the corners...?</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">Thanks,</p><div><p class="MsoNormal">Benn Kilburn</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">SkyFire Energy Inc. </p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal">780-906-7807</p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"> </p></div></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><br>On Mar 30, 2015, at 10:26 AM, Allan Sindelar <<a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com">allan@sindelarsolar.com</a>> wrote:</p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt">Bill,<br>We have lined plywood boxes with either EPDM roofing membrane or vinyl pond liner, depending on local availability, and both have worked well. Being a flexible sheet, it is folded up the sides and stapled above the containment zone.<br>Allan</p><div><p class="MsoNormal"><b>Allan Sindelar</b><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt"><a href="mailto:allan@sindelarsolar.com"><u>allan@sindelarsolar.com</u></a></span><br><span style="font-size:10.0pt">NABCEP Certified PV Installation Professional<br>NABCEP Certified Technical Sales Professional<br>New Mexico EE98J Journeyman Electrician<br>Founder (Retired), Positive Energy, Inc.<br><b>505 780-2738 cell</b><br><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br><!--[endif]--></span></p></div><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="color:windowtext">On 3/30/2015 10:03 AM, frenergy wrote:</span></p></div><blockquote style="margin-top:5.0pt;margin-bottom:5.0pt"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12.0pt"><span style="color:windowtext">Fellow Wrenches, <br><br> I just called Tap Plastics hoping they would solve my problem of battery acid containment within a plywood battery box. I was surprised by their response that the acrylic was not impervious to acid and polyethylene would not work because sealants nor caulking adhere to it properly. They did not have anything that would work. <br><br> I've used those individual battery boxes from an auto parts store (~$12/each) but they take up more space than just the batteries. Has anyone ever used ice dam underpayment, like Grace? 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