I am replacing the battery in my '87 Westfalia and have a question about battery venting. The PO was using a gel cell battery as the primary battery--I am going to use this as an aux battery and use a conventional lead-acid battery as the primary battery. The battery that I purchased has provisions for venting the hydrogen that is released during charging. There are two 1/4" attachments for a hose of some sort. The battery box (under the passenger seat) has two 1" holes that appear to be for battery venting. My questions are: Do I really need to vent the battery? How do I vent the battery? I can't find anything in Bentley about this. -Mark McCulley
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