 All right, Jamie let's figure this out Got this mighty sweet battery here And a boat that's begging for power So where does everything go in it? Well, I know where I go. I sit right there Motors back there. I don't want to put the motor and the battery in the same place My first thought is to stick the battery up through this hatch. I Mean, it's definitely long enough. The hatch is definitely big enough. It's just you know I think that hole might be big enough And then where do I put the charge controller? I want to be able to see it so I can at least see the little blinking lights Maybe attach it to the ceiling somewhere up here. I Have also been thinking about taking the pedal power out of this boat So if I took the pedal power out, I could put the battery right in here No Maybe I'm not gonna mess with the pedal power right now because I might want to leave it in All right, I think the first thing I need to do is just see if the battery Fits through that hole There's some crap in there. Why are there leaves in there? All right, keep in mind Jamie that Cutting out right now does not take into account the little Now I'm gonna do this just with the battery case Because in the event these don't fit in I can just make some little slots where they can fit Oh Okay, lucky lucky lucky. Oh my gosh, that will fit that will totally fit through there Except for the battery posts hmm, I wonder if They have screws that I can unscrew To get through the hole here And then once I get it through I could put the battery down a little lower and then I can screw the things that hole All right, what do we got here? Oh, man? I Take the screws off. It still leaves like a little bit of space. I'm gonna need Okay, I think if I just trim just trim up the bottom edge just a little bit I think this will actually fit with The bolts on let me take the bolts off get the maximum amount of space You know, I don't really have to mess with this right now The fact is it's gonna fit through that hole so Let me just leave those connected so I don't lose them So what do I put in there for the battery to rest on? I think I think that is where the battery is gonna go is by far the best spot in the boat with the battery I'm pretty sure might be missing something But yeah, it seems like the only good spot to put the battery plus It's like it's like that thing was made to fit through that hole or maybe my hole was made for that battery. I don't know Okay I'm pretty sure the battery will fit through there Yeah, if I try a little bit wider The bolts should even fit through And there's plenty of overlap. Okay, so once I get it in It can go down pretty far and then we'll be able to reach the top no problem And I don't want this just sitting on the bottom of the hull of the boat There are various reasons Something under it. So what goes under there? You know, maybe just that foam thing the batteries were shipped in Let me just get it Okay, what if I put the battery in this thing? well I guess I would put this thing In the boat first and then the battery would go right in it That way it'll protect it from you know Getting jostled around or anything Maybe I'll trim the sides off just to put some water gets in there. I want to run out And then I just want this Okay, I think that actually sounds pretty good So maybe I'll I'll trim the sides of this a little bit to Match the the v-shape of that part of the boat But then I want something under it Because I don't want this just pressing up against the side Like I want something under it Maybe some of this can somehow kind of Like carve it up correctly I might be able to oh, you know what else I have I also Oh bunch of styrofoam this There's a nice big solid styrofoam piece if I carve that correctly What else is in here? Yeah, I think that one's it. Okay Super lightweight nice and strong I have that on top. Okay first thing Let me just get that fit in there somehow cut it to the length first actually Well, I guess I'll cut it to the length of this thing not the battery because this is what's going to go on top of it Nice sharp knife so I don't make a mess making a bit of a mess sweep this up All right now I want to cut this to match The bottom of the boat I need a bit of filing it looks pretty good in there All right, I just need to file off a little bit of these corners Oh, if I can just tip the front up. I think it'll fit How do I do that? I want the rear two solar panels to charge it I've got some wires coming in from the solar panels and I have to figure out where to put the charge controller somewhere between the solar panels and the battery right Ah, maybe I'll put it right here. That'll be a good spot I sit there. I can see it blinking at me. Make sure it's working It's up here. It shouldn't get splashed. Although I can make a little Some kind of cover for it in the event that it does get Splashed now I'm stuck The charge controller I ordered for that boat Is not going to work So I ordered a new one. I think I can get it here in a week or two so I guess I'll just wait for that