Terry K was pushing something along those lines a while back. Check on Samba. IIRC, he put contacts on the outside of the battery box. 

Karl Wolz
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> On Jan 24, 2014, at 4:13 PM, Jim Felder <jim.felder@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> A good while back, there was some talk about "remoting" the battery to the
> outside or a convenient place on the inside of the van so that one could
> plug up a pair of jumper cables and charge or access the battery without
> taking the engine lid off. The more I think about it, and with my van not
> getting driven so much anymore, the better an idea that seems.
> 
> If anyone remembers the connectors--there was a really nice one at Wet
> Marine, I think, but I can't find it--I would appreciate knowing about it.
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jim