US Plastic (usplastic.com) carries polyethylene tanks used in industry
for acids. You can get them in various sizes - 24" x 36" x 20" deep and
larger. They will custom heat weld whatever you want. Kind of pricey
(~$300) but heavy duty.
Hilton
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Bill,
I have lined our plywood battery boxes for many years with 6 mil
polyethylene sheeting. I do two layers, neatly fold the corners so it form
fits then run it up the side walls about 10 inches only and staple the poly
to the plywood. To protect the poly liner from the weight of the batteries I
Shower pan liner would probably work very well.
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Acid will eat spray on bed liner too
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On 3/30/2015 10:36 AM, Benn Kilburn wrote:
Hi Bill,
Think "spray-on". Build your box then spray on the liner.
Have you seen "spray
We have used the underlayment material to line battery boxes. Turns out
it gets eaten by the acid too, not recommended. Really the best product
I've ever used is just the heavy plastic sheeting to line the inside of
the box. I had batteries crack and leak acid almost 2 inches deep, and
the
If you call up a chemical resistant chart the options are not huge PVC is
good that's why battery vents are PVC.
On the EDPM: you fold & only cut up high! I was thinking on this and you
could lay the EDPM down folded up & tacked on the back & sides and then lay
down a sheet of plywood to "prot
Bill,
Off the shelf plastic tool boxes also work, we’ve used those in the past.
You wouldn’t necessarily need to build a wood box around the plastic tool
box(es) since they will hold up on their own. It all goes back to the size
and number of batteries that you need and whether you can find a bo
Kirpal, Allen, Dana, Benn
Yes, I'm curious about sealing laps, joints, corners, etc also. I've
seen the PVC shower pan material...we'll see if its wide enough for our
application, I always banked on about 3" up the side of a battery box would
hold many gallons of acid. Benn, I did a
I have tested shower pan liners successfully as well. They are impervious
to battery acid, even after long exposure.
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Hi Bill,
If you dabble in fiberglass, we had a client do his own layup in a plywood
battery box, it worked well.
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Allan,
How would you deal with a seam that happens to lay within the containment area?
Do you seal/adhere it somehow? With what? Or do you find that you can get
the liner sheets large enough that you just 'stuff it in' (for lack of a better
term), and then in the corners do you just double it
EDPM with is sold in rolls as pond liner is a great though floppy option. It is
a H2SO4 safe option but it is hard to roll over with wheels when installing the
larger heavier battery options.
Dana Orzel
Great Solar Wor
Hi Bill,
Think "spray-on". Build your box then spray on the liner.
Have you seen "spray in box liners" for pick up trucks? It's pretty tough
stuff and I would think that it would be able to hold acid. There are plenty
of places, at least around here (Alberta), that do this and I'd also think
Bill,
We have lined plywood boxes with either EPDM roofing membrane or
vinyl pond liner, depending on local availability, and both have
worked well. Being a flexible sheet, it is folded up the sides and
stapled above the containment zone.
Allan
BillWe line our battery boxes with PVC liners like what is used in
shower pans.It is a thick PVC membraneIt is available at just about
any tile supply store.It is strong and impervious to battery acid.
Good luck.
Sunny Regards,
Kirpal Khalsa
NABCEP Certified PV Installation Pro
Fellow Wrenches,
I just called Tap Plastics hoping they would solve my problem of
battery acid containment within a plywood battery box. I was surprised by
their response that the acrylic was not impervious to acid and polyethylene
would not work because sealants nor caulking adhere to
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