Today I took the first steps in building my battery box. I started cutting holes for the chassis mount Anderson PowerPoles. There's one set for in the back of the box that I'll connect to my charging source: either my foldable solar panel(s) or a vehicle electrical system.
Rear
Front
Looking at the picture of the front of the box you can see the first "Doh!" moment! I drilled the bottom set of holes for mounting the volt meter then connected a battery just to see what it would look like. As soon as the LEDs light up I realized I'd put it in upside down! Oh well! That's what they make filler for!
I plan to install a toggle switch to turn on the meter and complete the circuit to power-on the front PowerPoles for use by the radio. I just want to run all the wiring and make sure everything works and nothing burns up before putting it in the box.
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