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Batteries and gas tanks
BillTex	#1  Posted on 12/17/09 - 5:07 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 43 Comments: 3 Joined: 11/20/09	I have seen several instances where Folks have mounted the battery and a fuel cell inside the same compartment; a center console for instance. This does not seem like a good idea to me...yet I have seen several instances and no one has questioned this? Am I being paranoid? Bill
MW	#2  Posted on 12/18/09 - 2:10 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1827 Comments: 10 Joined: 01/08/06	It does NOT sound like a good idea to put an ignition source next to an explosive hazard in a semi-enclosed area. Matt
CES	#3  Posted on 12/18/09 - 6:44 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	There's been a few guys here that have installed thier batteries in the same void as their fuel tanks. Similiar to what Matt said above, I too am not fond of placing a battery within the same confines as a fuel tank. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
HarleyFXDL	#4  Posted on 12/18/09 - 8:52 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Sounds like a recipe for disaster to me. Kevin 1988 11' Super Sport, 1987 Johnson 15hp. If you think education is expensive, try ignorance "Vegetarian - old Indian word for bad fisherman."
logjam	#5  Posted on 01/31/10 - 11:44 PM
Member Posts: 1 Comments: 0 Joined: 10/19/06	Sorry about dredging up an old thread but I couldn't comment when it came up last year. I know there are guys that have their boats set up with batteries and gas tanks together and it makes my hair stand on end when I hear about it. The closest I have come to losing a boat was due to a voltage regulator failing and cooking a battery on a 25' frontier. As it was the batteries burned as well as the VRO containers, and i doubt I would have extinguished the fire if the racor or the gas line had been ignited. I have had other friends with failing voltage regulators on inboard non whalers resulting in one fire and one battery explosion, so I know that it is something that is entirely possible. The last time I rigged a whaler I isolated the batteries from each other and from the Racor and VRO. I can't imagine putting the works together in a storage area and then losing my safety gear, radio, and ability to drive at the same time if a fire breaks out. At least when I had my fire it was in the stern. After a radio call I had help coming and the fire out prior to shutting off the engines. If I had failed to extinguish the flame I could have run toward shore or help until my engines seized. Worst case and I had to go over the side at least my survival suits and emergency gear wouldn't have burned up. Greg
bmw90w	#6  Posted on 02/01/10 - 12:41 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 328 Comments: 1 Joined: 09/08/09	I know the feeling, I just removed mine from my console. The previous owner/moron had it like his for years. This guy earned the title of moron when I noticed the day after I test drove it and brought it home, that there were loose wires in the console. Even worse one was bare and laying on the gas tank, Just to be sure I tested it and it was HOT! I probably turned blue since we hit many waves during the test drive! I have since ordered two mirax tanks, had them line x'ed and they are awaiting installation! Too scary for me! 1984 Montauk
FASTFJR	#7  Posted on 02/01/10 - 4:33 PM
Member Posts: 202 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/02/07	In my Dauntless 180 the batteries are about 5 feet away from the fuel tank. Technically they are in the same compartment (the bilge) 2007 Dauntless 180-2007 Mercury Verado 150
JohnnyCW	#8  Posted on 02/01/10 - 8:14 PM
Member Posts: 684 Comments: 0 Joined: 08/16/09	My 1991 Outrage 17' came from the Boston Whaler factory with the battery installed in the same compartment and within about six inches of the gas tank.
George More	#9  Posted on 02/02/10 - 10:38 AM
Member Personal Page Posts: 18 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/10/09	If the area is ventilated, it is really no different than a bilge area. If it is enclosed, then there can be issues especially if the wiring is old. Separation of the two, such as a false wall in a console area, can help to solve this problem. Also, insuring that all connection points are tight and that the tank itself is well vented is a must.