12V battery carrying solutions

[msacco]

Hi guys, so I started going deeper into AP, and that requires me for an extra 12v battery, at the moment I have 1 deep cycle battery with 75 AH which weights around 22 kg.

I might get a second hand 90 AH deep cycle battery soon from a friend which weights around 28 kg, that becomes really really heavy to mess with all that carrying.

I also live in a house with a few floors, so carrying everything around 3 floors is really a pain, I'm wondering what could be a good solution for that.

One of the things I consider is simply keeping the batteries in my car, of couse there a few things to think about, first of all, is that even safe both for me and the batteries(both are AGM)? As far as I know batteries could leak some acid gases which might not be very healthy, even though it will be in the trunk, so I'm not sure how much effect this will have.

As for battery safe, I live in a rather hot country which averages around 30-35C in the summer, would that be safe for the battery? I believe this is not the recommended storing temperatures.

Even if that were to be fine, there's still charging that needs to be taken into consideration, how will I charge it? How often? I could in theory simply have a cable from the house up stairs to the car, but idk..that means leaving the battery charging without supervision, which I'm not sure how recommended that is even though my charger is really fine.

Would love to hear some thoughts and ideas on what else I could do in such situations. Thanks!

Edited August 26, 2019 by msacco

[old_eyes]

Two thoughts:

Modifying a commercial battery box to make a compact solution for astrophotography 

This box has a strap, but obviously it is still quite heavy.

Secondly use a sack carrier. I have a standard truck something like this https://www.screwfix.com/p/standard-duty-hand-truck-150kg/6374p that I use around the garden as well as shifting the battery into a field.

There are folding versions that you can stick in the back of a car that make life easier. https://www.screwfix.com/p/folding-sack-truck-80kg/1209p

[Dr_Ju_ju]

If you are after a lighter battery solution (but a lot more expensive) then go for the Tracer batteries https://www.tracerpower.com/

[msacco]

2 hours ago, old_eyes said:

Two thoughts:

Modifying a commercial battery box to make a compact solution for astrophotography 

This box has a strap, but obviously it is still quite heavy.

Secondly use a sack carrier. I have a standard truck something like this https://www.screwfix.com/p/standard-duty-hand-truck-150kg/6374p that I use around the garden as well as shifting the battery into a field.

There are folding versions that you can stick in the back of a car that make life easier. https://www.screwfix.com/p/folding-sack-truck-80kg/1209p

Thanks! I already have a battery box with a handler, as you said it's still heavy though. I also thought about something like that sack truck, the only issue is that it still won't be very easy going up a few floors with it

21 minutes ago, Dr_Ju_ju said:

If you are after a lighter battery solution (but a lot more expensive) then go for the Tracer batteries https://www.tracerpower.com/

Unfortunately I don't that's the plan for the moment. Thanks

Edited August 27, 2019 by msacco