Date:         Sun, 2 Oct 2005 16:20:02 +1300
Reply-To:     Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
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From:         Andrew Grebneff <andrew.grebneff@STONEBOW.OTAGO.AC.NZ>
Subject:      Re: Battery acid in rollover
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>This set up with the battery is in the passenger compartment confuses me  and
>has always kind of bothered me from a safety standpoint. In the event of a
>roll-over accident aren't the passengers in danger of getting doused with
>battery acid?

Battery acid is very dilute sulfuric. You could swim in it... so long
as it didn't get into the various orifices! It could cause problems
if it got into eyes in an accident.

>And I'm not losing sleep over the battery acid issue. But I am semi-amazed
>the non-sealed battery compartment and maybe even the sealed
>compartment inside
>  the passenger compartment passed safety standards ever. Am I wrong about all
>  this?

Japanese vans have batteries located in a well in the right-front
corner of the cargo floor. This is open to the air under the van, and
covered by a clip-in metal cover with rubber seal. With age, and
having big boots planted on it and heavy items dropped on it, this
becomes dented and bent and no loongeer fits tightly. I have never
heard of problems with acid spills in accidents.
--
Andrew Grebneff
Dunedin
New Zealand
Fossil preparator
<andrew.grebneff@stonebow.otago.ac.nz>
Seashell, Macintosh, VW/Toyota van nut

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