Hi Gang,
My name is Al Reisser, proud owner of an O'day 20 (@1978). I have not had any electrical hookup as of yet. I have 2 seasons under my belt. My question is this: the previous owner had the electrical panel mounted on the starboard side inside the companion way. He had the wiring for the battery then running to the inside of the cockpit locker on the starboard side. It was located within a foot of where the gas can/tank is. There has been no battery since I've owned it, but now I'd like to get running lights cabin lights and more operational. This seems like a really bad idea to me to have these two so close together. My fear is that any gas fumes in the local of a spark from the battery could send me to the great ocean in the sky. Is this fear real or imagined? If this were your boat and you wanted to relocate the battery where would you put it? And is that a hugely great idea?
Thanks
My name is Al Reisser, proud owner of an O'day 20 (@1978). I have not had any electrical hookup as of yet. I have 2 seasons under my belt. My question is this: the previous owner had the electrical panel mounted on the starboard side inside the companion way. He had the wiring for the battery then running to the inside of the cockpit locker on the starboard side. It was located within a foot of where the gas can/tank is. There has been no battery since I've owned it, but now I'd like to get running lights cabin lights and more operational. This seems like a really bad idea to me to have these two so close together. My fear is that any gas fumes in the local of a spark from the battery could send me to the great ocean in the sky. Is this fear real or imagined? If this were your boat and you wanted to relocate the battery where would you put it? And is that a hugely great idea?
Thanks