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Date:         Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:11:49 -0400
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Sender:       Vanagon Mailing List <vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com>
From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: General Question On Battery Venting
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
In-Reply-To:  <20110810231013.320Q7.1369693.imail@eastrmwml48>
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Perhaps my bus is just so heavily modified at this point I have forgotten what is stock. Sorry guys.

-Craig

On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:10 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> 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 > > > > > -- > David McNeely >


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