Date:         Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:04:41 -0400
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: General Question On Battery Venting
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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even with a sealing lid, won't the gasses just vent out to under the seat
and up that way?
It's just not at all sealed.

-Craig


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Thanks, TJ.  But not all campers came that way.  The Campmobile, with full
> camping outfit, did not.  I suppose when you say, "dual batteries under the
> seats," that you mean the starter battery under the passenger seat, and the
> "house" battery under the driver's seat.  But my camper, with the start
> battery under the passenger seat, definitely has vents and a gasket on the
> lid.  I have made it a point to refit the lid with new fasteners so that the
> seal works.  Now I will pursue fitting a hose so that the vents work as
> designed.  mcneely
>
> ---- TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
> > Vanagon Campers, like my '87 Wolfsburg Edition came from the factory with
> dual batteries under the front seats. Neither compartment is sealed or
> vented.
> > TJHannink
> >
> > On Wed Aug 10th, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Dave Mcneely wrote:
> >
> > >---- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > And I also have a vague
> > >> recollection of seeing a hole in the aux battery compartment to allow
> the
> > >> same kind of vent hose to be installed.  But of note is the fact that
> the
> > >> cover for the aux battery under the drivers seat is NOT sealed but
> hinged
> > >> with a latch, not held down by screws like the starting battery.
> > >
> > >Is that because on the camper, the box under the driver's seat is not
> really intended as an auxiliary battery box?  Or is it?  Do those Vanagon
> models that came from the factory with a battery there have a gasket and a
> hose?
> > >
> > >--
> > >David McNeely
>
> --
> David McNeely
>