Battery Tender

[Rodd187]

I just welded a scrap piece of flat stock to the oem bracket and them drilled holes where needed. Simple but effective

 

[Optimus🤖]

I just welded a scrap piece of flat stock to the oem bracket and them drilled holes where needed. Simple but effective
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Always drilling holes!

 

[Rodd187]

Always drilling holes!

You know it brother, that's how we roll

 

[The Evil Twin]

I’m guessing if one uses the billet battery hold down you could tap threads for the appropriate size screw.

 

[Apples]

you could tap threads

Oh, now you've done it.

I might just do that to the factory metal hold down, then use standoffs/spacers.

Huh. *headscratch*



A few mins later...

Then again after looking at this again, I do have some of that alum strap in stock. That way I don't have to hack away at my factory bits. "hack" <--- me

 

[trmrzla]

I’m looking at this picture of your NOCO installation, and I’m curious where you got, or maybe you made that bracket, but I was looking to do something similar because right now it’s sitting next to the battery on top, but the hood’s pressing up against it firmly.

Yep I did. Just bent up a piece of aluminum and drilled it out.

 

[shermanator2]

Very nice work @Rodd187, but the NOCO instructions explicitly say not to mount the tender on top of the battery because the acid vapor will attack it. I imagine this does not apply with AGM batteries like @Optimus🤖 and @RedZilla have, but you do have a flooded battery so you may be asking for trouble.

 

[Rodd187]

Very nice work @Rodd187, but the NOCO instructions explicitly say not to mount the tender on top of the battery because the acid vapor will attack it. I imagine this does not apply with AGM batteries like @Optimus and RedZilla have, but you do have a flooded battery so you may be asking for trouble.

Sorry for the confusion, that pic was taken 3 years ago, I have had AGM batteries for awhile now

 

[MyloFMX]

Very nice work @Rodd187, but the NOCO instructions explicitly say not to mount the tender on top of the battery because the acid vapor will attack it. I imagine this does not apply with AGM batteries like @Optimus🤖 and @RedZilla have, but you do have a flooded battery so you may be asking for trouble.

Really? Oops, looks like I better relocate since I have the stock batteries still on my truck. I'm glad I read this. Thanks.

 

[MedKiller]

This is the way I mounted mine.