Battery Placement

[Old43Salt]

I purchased a 25yr old Catalina 25 Tall Rig. It has an electric start O/B with the gas tank in/under the aft port side seating compartment. The Series 27 battery & case has been left in the cockpit against the scuppers. The starboard locker is not deep enough to place the battery & case into it. The forward port locker (forward of the gas tank) is empty, but too far for the battery wires to reach, from the O/B. Any ideas???
What is the common setup for this boat, with an electric start O/B??

I'd appreciate any suggestions.

 

[Stu Jackson]

No reason you can't simply add more wire?

These guys will know:

http://www.catalina-capri-25s.org/forum/forum.asp?FORUM_ID=3

 

[alfreddiaz]

I own a 1981 Cat 25 Tall Rig swing keel. It has an O/B with electric start. My two batteries are stowed in the cabin under the starboard seat and aft side of the compartment. It also has a battery switcher there as well. Not certain if this is the standard hookup. Would be interested how others are set up as well.

 

[Old43Salt]

I ended up placing the Grp 27 starting battery (in a strapped down case) astern of the two Grp 24 house batteries. Those were under the starboard stern bunk in the common battery cavity. The electric motor connections were run thru a 1/2" hole drilled in the lower inside edge of the starboard cockpit locker. I carved out a small semicircle on the lower edge of the lid to accommodate the wires. Those wires were dropped into the stern bunk area and connected to a terminal block. From the terminal block I ran appropriately sized wires to the battery.