Axis/Vegas Battery Relocation

[river ben]

Has any one moved starting battery in a Vegas??

Has anyone relocated their chassis battery on a Vegas or Axis.. if so where?

[16ACE27]

Maybe Ducksface?

[ducksface]

With no welding, just angle iron and bolts, it'll fit nicely behind and below your passenger headlight.


With more work, replace the plastic bin between the man door and and the passenger wheel with a steel box. This is what I did. That bin will now hold 1000lbs and my under-step coach batteries are there also.

Or
The bongo bin that ties the left and right front bins together is a good place. Oddesey make a battery that fits there easily. I don't have the part number right now but measure that cross space and look up the ordered that fits. They're easily laid on their side. Buy one or by two. (This is easiest of the three examples.)

A fourth I considered heartily;
Put an oddesey under the passenger seat. No fumes, an easy cable extension.

I left the stock cables in place and used a connection block and side to top mount battery terminal adapters. No pics because I'm not going to open the dash, but pm me for the parts I used.

Eventually, I'll cut a 12x12 bin door just under the passenger mirror, install the plastic bin I removed from below and use the space where the battery was as storage. It's been drawn and engineered, but we travel light and more than half of our bins and cabinets are empty...so it will be done as an accessory to a mirror repair or somesuch other related project.

[DavidEM]

I have thought about it. The long compartment aft of the steps should work, and if you are lucky the cables could be rerouted there with no extensions, since most go aft anyway. You could even leave the three breakers at the aft of the step box in place.

But why? I was able to fit two G31 AGMs in the box under the step with no wiring changes. If you want more capacity than that, add a couple of more in that long compartment and run two #2 or so cables forward to tie in.

David

[SGilbert]

I'm assuming the OP meant the chassis battery, as it is very awkward to get to.
I replaced mine with an AGM (sealed) and added a terminal extender to the front.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B0...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

[ducksface]

An oddity;
This thread just showed without posts 2 and 3 and with the picture above correctly oriented instead of sideways as it now shows.
The word 'starting' was not in the op as it is now.

I tried to log in but the log-in button took me to a full page tire adv three times.

I logged in, referenced this very thread in my post(because I thought it a new thread), posted, only to find post 2 and 3 back in place and the picture oriented incorrectly. I deleted my new post.

Parallel world stuff?

[DavidEM]

Yes, I misread the OP and yes the chassis battery is hard to get to. But I only had to do it once in the three years since I bought it new, so it doesn’t seem worth it to try and move. Install terminal extensions, maybe. But if I had to jump start it, I would just reach through the hole in the dash after removing the table.

David

[SGilbert]

Duckface, I may be to blame.
Apparently any picture from my iPhone is sideways. If a alter ir in any way (I changed the size 1 pixel) it shows here correctly. I never know if the pic will show correctly until posted, then I have to edit, delete the pic, and repost .
Sorry

[16ACE27]

Originally Posted by ducksface

An oddity;
This thread just showed without posts 2 and 3 and with the picture above correctly oriented instead of sideways as it now shows.
The word 'starting' was not in the op as it is now.

I tried to log in but the log-in button took me to a full page tire adv three times.

I logged in, referenced this very thread in my post(because I thought it a new thread), posted, only to find post 2 and 3 back in place and the picture oriented incorrectly. I deleted my new post.

Parallel world stuff?

No, the OP had started two different threads on the same subject (Against Forum Rules). I merged the threads and merged his firts posts in each thread.

[ducksface]

Oh thank God(and management) there's an explanation!

And
My remote lugs are mounted in the same place as the picture.
https://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B004H...b_b_asin_image