It is unforgiveable that I didn’t do this long ago–all it would have taken would be to drop a wrench onto the batteries just once and some really bad shit would have gone down–and I’m constantly working with screwdrivers and wrenches over the batteries.
I made covers out of an extra sheet of 3/8″ clear acrylic that we had. I cut out the pieces of acrylic with the cutoff blade on the grinder, and it is DEFINITELY the best way to do it among the tools we have. I’ve tried using the jig saw and the fein tool, and both are annoying and inferior. I glued a few tabs around the edges to seat the cover on properly with methylene chloride–TAP plastics sells it for just this purpose.
It is a convenient feature for the covers to be clear so we can what’s going on with the batteries. Also, the covers now form a great table for placing tools while working in the engine room :-).
The covers remain unfinished–I stopped messing with them when I realized that when we put the new batteries in they will need to be modified.
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