Battery security

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Hi all, I'm currently fitting an Alton electric starter, along with the YUASA YTX20L-BS 12 Volts 18A-h. battery,
As this battery is significantly larger in all dimensions that the stock YUASA YB9B/EXIDE EB9B i don't think that the standard rubber straps/hooks will be long enough for the additional battery height & alloy piece of angle will contact the battery terminals as these will be facing outwards.
Can i enquire what battery securing methods other owners fitting this battery are using??

Thank you
 
I use strips of old inner tube, with hooks fashioned from Stainless steel welding wire (coat hanger works fine also)
Effective, inexpensive, any custom length, safe to wrap over/near terminals if required.

Oh, the horrors.... 😱😱
 
Zip ties work wonder for lots of things but to me is a bit of a bodge job, making a bracket or a proper job to secure a battery that is simple to remove the battery easy but secure if the bike goes down, in Aus they have laws about having batteries secure properly and Zip ties be a fine waiting and in a bad accident a not so secure battery is open to a fire risk, the first thing the fireries do in an accident is to disconnect the battery and would Zip ties be up too it in a bad accident, just my opinion.
But of course, we think we will never go down hard when out on the bike.
 
Old Harleys use a heavy duty rubber strap. These are cheap. I made some aluminum adapters to mate with the strap and use the same holes as the stock system. The strap goes across the top of the battery which is turned around so the terminals aren't in the way. (There is nothing good about the stock setup.)
 
I bought fiberglass angle iron for the non conductive properties. Similair to this: https://www.zoro.com/zoro-select-gr...9Mla3GqzvfQkMSAdVAGrbf3JlAT1MwqBoCm1sQAvD_BwE I cut a length long enough to cover the battery tray. Using old right angle spokes, I cut them off long enough so they could hook under the tray supports on each side. I then ran a die over them to match the threads of the nylock wing nuts I bought. Then drilled a hole in each end, in the corner, for the spokes to go through. A nylon washer under the wing nuts completed it.
 
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It's a CRS moment. I ended up cutting the head of the spoke off. Then threading it. To get the jam nut not to vibrate off, I held it on its side and tapped it with a hammer until it was deformed just enough to act like a lock nut. I believe the holes were already in the battery tray supports. It was a while ago that I did this.
 
YING said:
Line,
Did you put hooks on the battery tray when it was apart?
Thanks,
Mike
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These pics I posted earlier are a preliminary setup. I was just screwing around with making a final fit for the battery.
I eventually removed the hooks and attached the upper velcro strap to the rear air cleaner aka "ham can" back plate.
I cut a 2nd bottom the same size/dimensions as the battery tray bottom.
I then cut out an insert space in that 2nd bottom which now surrounds the batt. and holds it in place. I then used velcro to attach the insert/cutout to the battery tray to hold it in place.
The bottom velcro strap is secured to the insert.
Everything is snug in place, no bounce, scooting around, rattles yada yada. Its a secure configuration that works for me.

Battery security
 
Due to the size of the battery required, I had to change my MkIIa to fore and aft battery mount. I used a cut down luggage strap to hold it in place. Pictures in this post…

cliffa

Post in thread 'Journey into the unknown..'

Finished (at last).

I think trying to squeeze everything into the left hand panel has been the biggest challenge.

I made an aluminium plate to hold the Boyer Powerbox and the Alton solenoid...




The battery was still too close to the solenoid for my liking, so I used a piece of 10mm plywood in the battery carrier which allowed me to move the battery higher and further back. I had to remove the chain oiler, and as luck would have it I found that a sidestand rubber stop part number 06.3324 is a perfect fit...

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