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Originally Posted by California98Civic
Sounds like a great charger. Gives you more future potential as you play with new ideas. I went for the 25 amp one because it had a lot of good features, but also because it was the largest that I could inconspicuously install under/behind the driver seat. I always have it with the car, which means I can plug in anywhere about as conveniently as possible (at a buddy's house in the next county, at work...).
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Yes, this marine charger is designed to be installed on a vertical surface. I have a bumper plug/socket that came with the coolant heater, so plugging in at other places is just a matter of carrying a spare cable.
The only place in the vehicle I found to permanently install a charger is in the load area at the side, right at the back, behind the rear wheel arch, where there is an access hatch and a small storage cubby-hole. That space was just big enough for a footpump and an emergency warning triangle. I'd have to hack/remove the inner plastic moulding in that cubby-hole, but the space is ventilated, and just about big enough for the charger.
But, being a triple output charger, it should be the only charger I need, which is good because there really isn't any other space in the cabin to fit a charger of any size/heat dissipation at all. Under a seat is OK but i'd be really worried about cables being snagged when someone sldies the seat back or forward. Plenty of space in the spare wheel well of course, but I'm told it's not a good idea to have the charger in the same small, poorly-ventilated compartment as the battery.