1984 H27 and I have a start and house battery under the nav station/port-aft- 1/4 birth. Not sure I like them there. Anyone else move their battery bank?
H27 Owners/Where u keep ur batteries?
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When someone was giving away a pair of 8D gel cell batteries, I grabbed them and mounted them under the seats port and starboard. I have to add additional cables to get the power back to the breaker panel. It gave me plenty of power to run my 120 v refrigeration through the inverter. And it added 300+ pounds down lower, so the boat stiffend up a little.
When the pair of 8D batteries finally would not hold a charge at age 14, I relaced them with a single 4D battery.
Chuck Fort
That is a great idea if I decide to get a fridge. Not sure at this point. I have a start and a house set up now, but would like to add one more start for backup. I think it will fit in the rear 1/4 birth behind the other two.
I have a H25 and put one size-24 deep-cycle battery under each main-cabin settee. They are tied together as one bank at the battery switch. Forward of each battery is a flexible water tank; so I have all this weight in the middle of the boat where it belongs (and none aft of the bridge deck, under which is the starting battery).
Forward end of the quarter berth
This was the original location of battery(ies) on the h27, and it suits us just fine. With minimal lighting loads while at anchor, one battery for the house and starting has served us well over 6,000 miles of cruising the Great Lakes.
This is the ale of simple systems!
This was the original location of battery(ies) on the h27, and it suits us just fine. With minimal lighting loads while at anchor, one battery for the house and starting has served us well over 6,000 miles of cruising the Great Lakes.
This is the ale of simple systems!
Thought of you on Saturday David. I went to Crush's in Sandusky for a meeting of the LESSHA. Have you seen their Facebook site? I met two owners of the H27. One, the Commodore, owns Baroque in my marina. Good friends from down here in Canton were her previous owner so I know the boat. Sorry for stealing the thread. But I wanted to plug the Lake Erie South Shore Hunters Assoc. for our friends.
I have a 1981 27 with 4 group 24 batteries under quarter birth, 1 engine and 3 house, its a bit tight but works. I should cut a vent to cabin but havent yet. I have had this set up for over 2 yrs. There is minimal venting to engine compartment and I usually keep the acess panel ajar to allow extra venting.
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