Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:10:13 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: General Question On Battery Venting
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Mine is a rectangular prism (a box) with sides, ends, top, and bottom. Vent holes are in the corners below. How is it open to the area under the seats? Too tired tonight, but I'll go look tomorrow. mcneely
---- craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> The box is not a box though. It is relatively open to the area under the
> seat.
> Or am I missing something?
> I've cut up several vanagons but perhaps my memory fails me.
>
> -Craig
>
>
> On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:30 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
>
> > The vents open under the vehicle, don't they? Looks to me like they do.
> > And with good fasteners and the gasket in good shape, the top of the box is
> > sealed. mcneely
> >
> > ---- craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> > > 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
> > > >
> >
> > --
> > David McNeely
> >
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David McNeely
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