IMHO, the sealed and vented battery compartments in the GL Campers were required due to the presence of propane appliances in these vehicle. My Camper has that silver RV sticker just in front of the gas filler on the front wheelwell but it also has two unvented battery compartments. Good luck, mark drillock <drillock@EARTHLINK.NET> wrote: IMO, the sealed from the inside and vented to the outside battery compartment found in the VW Campers is a mickey-mouse hand done setup installed only to comply with a requirement for some RV approval sticker. TJ Hannink Goldibox - 1987 Vanagon Camper, Wolfsburg Edition 1981 Bluebird Wanderlodge, FC-33 Winter Park, Florida http://home.earthlink.net/~tjhannink/ http://groups.yahoo.com/group/wolfsburg_campers http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FC_wanderlodge FAVOR website: http://home.earthlink.net/~clubvanagon --------------------------------- Yahoo! for Good Click here to donate to the Hurricane Katrina relief effort. |
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