Date:         Wed, 1 Mar 2006 18:45:41 -0500
Reply-To:     Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         Sudhir Desai <sudhir.desai@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: improperly vented battery could cause damage to pass seat
Comments: To: John Rodgers <inua@charter.net>
In-Reply-To:  <44062BA4.7090009@charter.net>
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unless you have an optima or other sealed battery which doesn't need
to vent (or so the product manual states)

my optima yellow top is sitting on it's side in the battery tray.

Sudhir

On 3/1/06, John Rodgers <inua@charter.net> wrote:
> bueses wrote:
>
> >on 3/1/06 11:29 AM, JordanVw@AOL.COM at JordanVw@AOL.COM wrote:
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >>o be restiched, and the guy agreed with me..  improperly vented battery, or
> >>battery acid "vapors" had made the stitching rot out..
> >>
> >>anyone ever seen this before?
> >>
> >>how many of you have your battery properly vented w/ the little tube, etc?
> >>
> >>
> >
> >
> >Hmmmm? I'll have to check, but both my batteries are sealed. Does it still
> >need to be vented?
> >
> >Tom
> >
> >
> My instincts from my aviation days says vent that sucker - if it's not
> already vented. Safety item. Can't be too careful. Get a little hydrogen
> build up, a little spark - and bang, instant disaster. Or boil the
> eletrolyte and get a little fuming acid, instant rot in fabric and
> instant corrosion elsewhere.
>
> Vent that sucker, I say - vent that sucker!!
>
> John Rodgers
> 88 GL Driver X 2
>