This might sound like a silly question, but bear with me please!
(TLDR - what's the largest physical size battery that will fit in the port hatch in an O'Day 23?)
My brother has an O'day 23 (not sure what year), that he currently has slipped in a marina, and I'm able to go use it when he isn't up with his family. So in family spirit, I'd like to go ahead and replace / upgrade a few things, notably his battery. Currently, he's using generic 12v automotive batteries - he has one in the boat, and another that he charges at home. When the one on board runs low, he swaps and charges that one while the other sits in place. Since the boat is rarely used in situations where the lights or anything are used, it works fine for him.
However, I'd like to drop in a brand new deep cycle, and a solar panel with charge controller for him to have, along with adding a 12v receptacle, and some general re-wiring and clean-up. So it won't be a horribly expensive endeavor but something that will help in little ways. My question is about the physical size. Since the battery is in the port hatch in the cabin, I can only assume that it'll take a Group 31 just fine since it's only an inch longer and the rest is negligible, but since I'll be picking up whatever battery I can fit, prior to going back to the boat this weekend, I wanted to see what the largest size physically I can fit in there, or what other recommendations are (He does use the ice chest, so replacing that with a pair of GC2s wouldn't be ideal)
Thanks in advance!
(TLDR - what's the largest physical size battery that will fit in the port hatch in an O'Day 23?)
My brother has an O'day 23 (not sure what year), that he currently has slipped in a marina, and I'm able to go use it when he isn't up with his family. So in family spirit, I'd like to go ahead and replace / upgrade a few things, notably his battery. Currently, he's using generic 12v automotive batteries - he has one in the boat, and another that he charges at home. When the one on board runs low, he swaps and charges that one while the other sits in place. Since the boat is rarely used in situations where the lights or anything are used, it works fine for him.
However, I'd like to drop in a brand new deep cycle, and a solar panel with charge controller for him to have, along with adding a 12v receptacle, and some general re-wiring and clean-up. So it won't be a horribly expensive endeavor but something that will help in little ways. My question is about the physical size. Since the battery is in the port hatch in the cabin, I can only assume that it'll take a Group 31 just fine since it's only an inch longer and the rest is negligible, but since I'll be picking up whatever battery I can fit, prior to going back to the boat this weekend, I wanted to see what the largest size physically I can fit in there, or what other recommendations are (He does use the ice chest, so replacing that with a pair of GC2s wouldn't be ideal)
Thanks in advance!
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