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Old 10-25-2004, 03:43 PM
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Default I'm interested in getting a lightweight replacement battery...

Like the <a href="http://www.portablepower.com/ProductPage.asp?ProductNum=37L105S3">Hawker (Enersys) Genesis (0769-2003 G16EPX)</a>, but I'm curious how to mount it. Are there battery mounts with the footprint of the stock battery? Anyone else run this battery? How'd you secure it?

And yes, I STFA...

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Old 10-25-2004, 03:49 PM
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Default lol...just finished installing it now....

Got a universal batt. mount and then got creative with some zip ties. Very ghetto but gets the job done. I'll post pics later.
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Thanks. I was figuring it might be a custom job...
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Yea it's real bad...eventually going to rig something up
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Default Did this for my Optima. You could probably do something similar.

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/battstrap1.jpg">


<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/battstrap2.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/battstrap3.jpg">

<img src="http://pictureposter.audiworld.com/19077/battstrap4.jpg">
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yea I was gonna do it like that but with a bar both ways because it is so small
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Default As long as you size it correctly, one way should be fine.

My battery won't move even if I try pulling on it as hard as I can. Actually, I wouldn't do it the way I did it if the carrying handle wasn't there. If there was no handle, there's a possibility that if the battery slides towards the back of the firewall, the strap I made could contact the two terminals and short the battery. Actually, the same could happen if you did it the other way and the positive terminal touched the strap because it is bolted to the chassis which is connected to ground. Just make sure you get it tight or don't use a metal strap.
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do not short new battery..check... :- )
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