I have photos this time for the literacy-challenged!
Don't worry, I have a short attention span too.
I just went down to put the SLA temporary accessory battery on charge, and ended up spending a few hours getting the real battery installed properly instead.
Battery with PCB/BMS and shunt, finally ready to install in the Firefly:
In it's final resting place...hopefully. Maybe not those ugly straps though:
Shunt still accessible for meter hookup:
Meter goes in next, after xmas. Still need to decide where it will go. It fits well in several places!
Amazing how long one can spend on just one little battery...sticking with lead would have been much simpler.
Edit: Just remembered why I spent as long as I did on it this morning...I started off getting the reverse lights back up and running again.
I pulled out the old harness, cut it open to follow the reverse switch wires, only to find they terminate at the main engine connector. So I Went and looked for matching wires at the main body harness by the battery, located them, tested them, and then cut off the three extra feet of wire from the connector and soldered them up. Dead easy. Pissed away more time cutting the old harness apart than it took to actually reinstall the plug.
Why they felt the need to run the wires all the way around the engine when they could have gone straight to the main harness, I'll never know...