Battery straps

Pye_End

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Is ordinary webbing sufficient for battery straps, or do you need to pay more for 'the real thing'?

If so is there an alternative source, as the only ones I have found so far are more expensive than buying a battery box with the straps in it!
 

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I would have thought that anything that can tie the battery down securely would have done the job OK. Can''t see what is so different about the straps that justify the expense...

Marc.
 

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Straps should really be acid resistant (and that includes any stitching or clips). Acidic fumes were implicated in the failure of a seatbelt in a VW transporter, where the battery box was below the seat.

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I bought some ratchet straps from B&Q which have been working well for me. I use them for the gas boccles too.
 

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I have to say I hadn't thought about the possibility that the acid could leak out and through the battery box and damage the straps...

Marc.
 

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We've used webbing straps on our batteries (5 of 'em) for the last 18 years without any problems or signs of damage whatsoever.

Perfectly ok IMHO.
 

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Webbing straps should be fine. I've used those yellow luggage type straps with the trick friction buckle and they've been fine. I think if you have enough acid or thick acidic fumes rolling around the place you have a big problem anyway. Of my four battery bank, one is an Optima spiral cell and one other is an AGM, both tucked away a bit, but low maintenance. The two wet cell jobbies are under the nav seat where I can keep an eye on them ( metaphorically of course, no rude comments please! )
 

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You need Terylene (Polyester) straps not Nylon for acid resistance (Bit of caving know-how)

Suggest plastic buckles similar to the ones on life jackets
 
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