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Started by JEmirzian, 01/19/2006 04:18AM
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Posted 01/19/2006 04:18AM | Edited 01/19/2006 04:19AM Opening Post
Jay Emirzian
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I thought you all might like to see this. I just finished an easy upgrade to a deep cycle battery I had. Three weather resistant 12V plugs with a fuse. I screwed them to a piece of birch plywood and wired it to the battery. The piece of plywood was zip tied to the battery with 2 48" zip ties. The plugs I got at Walmart and the zip ties I got at Home Depot. You could use any fuse. I did a lot of car stereo installs in the past and had the weather proof fuse in the tool box. My power needs are now ready for WSP.

Start to finish it took about an hour.

Clear skies,
Jay

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Very nice Jay, where is mine? wink
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Looking good! 8)
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Hi Jay:

I bet I could produce that same set up in 10 hours. Are you powering a toaster in addition to your normal astro equipment? I guess there's no such thing as too much power.

Allen
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