Battery hold down bracket. (1 Viewer)

[GWAYGWAY]

My Hymer has a leisure battery bracket that holds the bottom of the battery to the floor , without holes, It is glued I think and the battery sits on it. I want to fit another battery and would like a similar one to that and cannot find anything similar. Any ideas as to what and where I might source one? I really do not like the idea of buying the genuine article from an agent as it would probably be in the £100's.

 

[The Nomad]

Can you not just make one up? Sturdy plastic container of about the right footprint size cut down to whatever height you want perhaps?

 

[GWAYGWAY]

No, it is a strong metal bracket to stop it flying around in the battery compartment under the floor. It goes onto the fibre glass floor of the heated compartment. At the moment the second battery is strapped against the first one OK but not secure enough really.

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[Lenny HB]

Your one is screwed down under the battery.
I did what the dealers do put in a plywood shelf, they just screw the battery down via the holes in the side. I made a clamp from checker r/a and fitted a strip along the edge as well

 

[GWAYGWAY]

The bracket I need is the one in Lenny HB' s picture above. As the batteries are all lined up alongside in my battery box they must attache to the floor.

 

[Lenny HB]

Where are you battery's located Graham?
A photo would help.

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[pappajohn]

The bracket I need is the one in Lenny HB' s picture above. As the batteries are all lined up alongside in my battery box they must attache to the floor.

Available at motor factors.
Standard battery clamp on many modern cars.
Gone are the days of angle iron clamp bar and long J bolts.
Attaching to the floor looks relatively easy.
A steel or aluminium plate slightly narrower and longer than the battery.
A couple of countersunk bolts set in the plate, thread uppermost, and sika the plate to the floor.
Battery on plate, brackets on bolts, nuts on bolts...job done.

 

[Jenben]

Don't bother asking Hymer. My Exsis uses brackets similar to the bottom one in Lenny HB's picture. They cost more than the battery
I bought some steel strip and made some myself using the originals as a template. Btw - If you're using the factory 2nd battery mounting location you will probably find captive nuts to fit the brackets are already there under some blanking plugs.

 

[Lenny HB]

Don't bother asking Hymer. My Exsis uses brackets similar to the bottom one in Lenny HB's picture. They cost more than the battery

I shudder to think what Hymer would charge for the extra bracket in my van, its a suspended cradle that holds two batteries above the existing one.

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[Jenben]

Well just for the std brackets like you have now they are £160ish per battery (can't remember exact figure as needed smelling salts to bring me round) But that does include the nuts and bolts too apparently.....

Mrsjenben asked if they are made of Unobtainium

It costs less than £10 to make identical ones yourself.

 

[GWAYGWAY]

Making my own I think, or another web strap to hold them together.. I am now convinced , it is the base plate bit I will make, the battery clamp itself is obtainable..