Battery mounting
I ordered an Odyssey 680 battery and Battery Tender Jr. charger from Sunn Batteries a few weeks ago, and they showed up today. The output of the battery charger is 750 mA and the manual for the battery says that at least a 2 A charger is needed to charge the battery. That made me a little worried. I checked the voltage on the battery and it was 12.61. The battery manual said to charge it if it was under 12.65, so that’s what I did. I put the battery in the box on the firewall and hooked up the charger leads. The charger had two options for battery hook up, either clamps or what looks like 5/16″ ring terminals. The ring terminals worked perfectly. The charger indicated “charging” for about a minute and then went to trickle mode. During the charging cycle it very gradually increased voltage from 13.2 up to about 14.4 volts. I disconnected the charger and checked the battery voltage again. It was right about 12.8, which works great. I think the charger is going to work just fine for topping off the battery occasionally as I use it for electrical testing.
I hadn’t completely finished the battery box yet. I was waiting for the battery to arrive before making the spacers for the hold down bar. I went ahead and cut those to 15/16″ and worked on trimming them down to fit. I didn’t get too far as the “March of the Penguins” DVD showed up from Netflix, and I was eager to watch it.
