Cabinet design for heavy battery or equipment applications

An electronic equipment cabinet for supporting electronic equipment comprising:

• a left side panel comprising:
• a left outer side wall comprising an inside surface;
• a left inner side wall disposed adjacent to the inside surface of the left outer side wall;
• a left front shelf support channel;
• a left rear shelf support channel, wherein floor ends of the left front shelf support channel and the left rear shelf support channel comprise a channel connector, wherein the left front shelf support channel and the left rear shelf support channel are fastened to the left inner side wall via fasteners;
• a right side panel comprising a right front support channel and a right rear support channel;
• at least one shelf secured by the left front shelf support channel, the left rear shelf support channel, the right front support channel, and the right rear support channel;
• a cabinet floor;
• a forward front floor cross bracket;
• and
• a forward rear floor cross bracket, wherein the forward front floor cross bracket and the forward rear floor cross bracket are fastened to the cabinet floor via fasteners, wherein each end of the forward front floor cross bracket and the forward rear floor cross bracket comprise bracket connectors, the bracket connectors comprising:
• at least two fastener connection points positioned along a first direction relative to the forward front floor cross bracket and the forward rear floor cross bracket;
• and
• at least two fastener connection points positioned along a second direction relative to the forward front floor cross bracket and the forward rear floor cross bracket, wherein the at least two fastener connection points positioned along the first direction and the at least two fastener connection points positioned along the second direction are couplable to a respective channel connector via the fasteners, wherein the bracket connectors and the channel connector are coupled via the fasteners.

A method for constructing an electronic equipment cabinet comprising:

• assembling shelf support channels to inner side walls of the electronic equipment cabinet;
• assembling cross brackets, wherein the cross brackets are arranged to form a clamp around the shelf support channels;
• and
• adhering at least one cross bracket to a cabinet floor via an adhesive.