<div dir="ltr">I had some difficulty in inserting my batteries the other day into the pods because of how close the battery lugs were to the wall of the pod. I had built an aluminum tray for the batteries to make it easy to install and remove them for maintenance and used 1/4" aluminum flat bar to fabricate them but I had to do away with the trays because of clearance issues and so even though that only bought me a 1/4" of an inch, I needed all the help I could get. It also helped in having the battery cables slide over the tops of the fill caps more easily when attached to the all thread that passes the power into the sub as they flex and bend when pushing it in after attaching. <div><br><div>Anyone else that is building a K-350 have that same problem? I welded two pieces of SS angle in the pods for the trays to slide on and can't remove them and lower them as they were put in before I welded the ends on. As they go down, they come together being pipe so I couldn't of gone much lower with them and still have the horizontal room to fit the batteries. </div><div><br></div><div>I also wanted to buy a couple of Psubs stickers that I have seen on other peoples boats and tried to do that on our web site but I didn't have any luck finding the store that would have them for sale. Any ideas?</div><div><br></div><div>Rick</div><div><br></div></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Fri, Jun 16, 2023 at 7:20 AM John Bussard via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div>Grateful for all the info here. While I was vague and only stated “Li ion” I definitely have no fixed start point, so this is all good to learn about. And certainly echo Busby that one needs to consider weight for ballast purposes as well. I’ve spent most of my life around airplanes, so a slightly different approach to weight reveals itself, though CG management is a common theme here.<div><br></div><div>Thanks to all for the info and discussion.<br><div><br><blockquote type="cite"><div>On Jun 3, 2023, at 7:51 PM, Michael Holt via Personal_Submersibles <<a href="mailto:personal_submersibles@psubs.org" target="_blank">personal_submersibles@psubs.org</a>> wrote:</div><br><div>
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I was sent some <i>Waterways World</i> magazines from 2020, a
couple of years ago. There are advertisements for electric power
systems for canal boats. They start with diesels tied to generators
tied to batteries that drive 48VDC motors. There appear to be
versions that have no diesels involved, and the batteries are
recharged from shore power. In the UK, that's 230VAC.<br>
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If anyone's interested, I'll dig out the magazines and make a list
of the websites.<br>
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Mike <br>
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