Yet another power tank

[Pitbull]

well folks, after losing a night because I hadn't charged my batteries and reading all the other build projects on here I thought it was time to give it a go myself.

I had an old tool box in the shed sat idle and measured it up and yes it would hold a 12 V leisure battery and so the project was born

The toolbox cleaned and ready. I decided to put my accessories in the compartments so I have all my kit in one place

Bottom section tray

Top box and tray.

The beuty with this box is that ther top box is strong to allow you to stand on it during DIY so it will double as a stool.

Next installment will be the power tank.

[Pitbull]

So on to the power tank, after reinforcing the floor of the box with some ply, It made for a nice snug fit for the 75 Ah leisure bttery I had purchased (a 100 Ah battery was too tall)

Adding the divider gives somewhere to fix the fuse box to and a compartment for the wiring to sit.

I drilled the side and mounted the sockkets, switches (red neon to prevent losing night vision) and a meter to monitor the battery content.

A few screws and some wiring and crimping and we have the power to the fuse box and Negative returns. Put it all together and we have our finished product.

The cables need to be tidied up a bit, I left them fairly long so that the divider can be slid out to change any fuses without having to disconnect it all.

The beast all together

And a nice healthy output. Tested on the mount and all works fine, now to give it some use tonight

[spacebloke]

Nice job neighbour .

I'm building my own powertank over the next few weeks (with a lot of assistance for electrical minded people!).

Stuart

[Pitbull]

Good luck and give me a shout if you need any help