Date:         Sun, 22 Aug 2010 20:36:28 -0400
Reply-To:     David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
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From:         David Beierl <dbeierl@ATTGLOBAL.NET>
Subject:      Re: Mounting an inverter.
Comments: To: DW <dcwilton@GMAIL.COM>
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At 08:14 PM 8/22/2010, DW wrote:
>two of the mounting bolts can be installed inside the battery compartment,
>but the other two need to be mounted below the depth of the battery
>compartment. I assume that this would require the bolts to protrude into the
>wheel well. Is this a crazy thing to do? I was thinking that caulking would

My personal inclination would be to build a frame of wood or metal
that attaches inside the box, and fasten the inverter to that.  Not
to say you can't do it the other way, but if you do make sure the
protective coatings are just as good as what's already there.  Fender
wells take a beating from sand, pebbles, road salt, bits of glass and
so forth.  My old Saab 96 had a little hole rusted through the right
rear fender well just outboard of the seat, and once in a great while
it would send a pebble whizzing past me to bounce off the
windshield.  First time was quite a surprise.

Yours,
d

Yours,
David