{"id":3442,"date":"2015-11-10T18:14:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-10T23:14:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/?p=3442"},"modified":"2015-11-10T16:29:33","modified_gmt":"2015-11-10T21:29:33","slug":"battery-carrier-compatibility-specialized-sizing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/battery-carrier-compatibility-specialized-sizing\/","title":{"rendered":"Battery carrier compatibility,  location specific modifications"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='__iawmlf-post-loop-links' style='display:none;' data-iawmlf-post-links='[{&quot;id&quot;:446,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/product\\\/B0002SRD0U\\\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B0002SRD0U&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=NBVWMGNFNZO7XUET&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/product\\\/B0002SRD0U\\\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:447,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/product\\\/B000RFUF12\\\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=390957&amp;creativeASIN=B000RFUF12&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;tag=burningorg-20&amp;linkId=CC4ZO5XVG75YKM6C&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.amazon.com\\\/gp\\\/product\\\/B000RFUF12\\\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]'><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_pickup_tool.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_pickup_tool-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"battery_pickup_tool\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3445\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_pickup_tool-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_pickup_tool-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This is a <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B0002SRD0U\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B0002SRD0U&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=burningorg-20&#038;linkId=NBVWMGNFNZO7XUET\">Battery Carrier<\/a> tool designed for picking up and carrying around lead acid batteries (golf cart or starter batteries). I own one because it&#8217;s very useful when removing 20 golf cart batteries from my S-10 electric pickup truck and replacing them with 20 new batteries.  While manhandling my Nissan Leaf batteries around my garage, I though &#8220;Boy, it sure would be nice to be able to use my battery carrier on these guys.&#8221;  A few minutes spent rigging up a jig for my trim router and vacuuming up a lot of saw dust later, each of my batteries has a small slot cut in both sides&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/plunge_router_with_guide.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/plunge_router_with_guide-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"plunge_router_with_guide\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/plunge_router_with_guide-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/plunge_router_with_guide-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/plunge_router_with_guide-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/slots_in_battery.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/slots_in_battery-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"slots_in_battery\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/slots_in_battery-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/slots_in_battery-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/slots_in_battery-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>I had thought that I would have to sell my battery carrier and <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/B000RFUF12\/ref=as_li_tl?ie=UTF8&#038;camp=1789&#038;creative=390957&#038;creativeASIN=B000RFUF12&#038;linkCode=as2&#038;tag=burningorg-20&#038;linkId=CC4ZO5XVG75YKM6C\">battery filler<\/a> now that I am upgrading to Lithium Ion&#8230;I guess only the battery filler will be obsoleted.<\/p>\n<p>I also modified a few of the batteries to better fit in my existing battery bays. Specifically, I decided that batteries 1&#038;2 and 7&#038;8 would be mounted &#8220;back to back&#8221; and I didn&#8217;t need each of them to have a full 1&#8243; of space at the bottom, so I cut a 1\/2&#8243; off the bottom of each, giving me an extra inch of room, and leaving them a shared 1&#8243; air vent.<br \/>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/batteries_7_8_back2back.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/batteries_7_8_back2back-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"batteries_7_8_back2back\" width=\"584\" height=\"779\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3446\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/batteries_7_8_back2back-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/batteries_7_8_back2back-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>On battery 3, which will be mounted &#8220;sideways&#8221; with respect to batteries 4,5 &#038; 6, I used a spade bit to sink the washer in a little, and cut off the ends of the threaded rod to make sure they wouldn&#8217;t interfere with cables.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_3_shortrods.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_3_shortrods-1024x768.jpg\" alt=\"battery_3_shortrods\" width=\"584\" height=\"438\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-3449\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_3_shortrods-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_3_shortrods-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/battery_3_shortrods-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/one_inch_indentation.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/one_inch_indentation-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"one_inch_indentation\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3447\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/one_inch_indentation-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/one_inch_indentation-1024x768.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/one_inch_indentation-400x300.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/extra_long_rods_cutoff.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/extra_long_rods_cutoff-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"extra_long_rods_cutoff\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-3448\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/extra_long_rods_cutoff-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/extra_long_rods_cutoff-768x1024.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This is a Battery Carrier tool designed for picking up and carrying around lead acid batteries (golf cart or starter batteries). I own one because it&#8217;s very useful when removing 20 golf cart batteries from my S-10 electric pickup truck &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/2015\/11\/10\/battery-carrier-compatibility-specialized-sizing\/\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[102,119],"class_list":["post-3442","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-projects","tag-etruck","tag-leaf"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3442"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3451,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3442\/revisions\/3451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3442"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3442"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.summet.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3442"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}