Another response I received below. Joel = states that his 88 non-camper does not have a vent. I suspect = that might be because VW does not expect people to stay in the van as = long as they would the camper? I sent him your comments.
As for the extra vent I mentioned-I was = referring to the extra ventilation coming from the battery = compartment. I don't think I can seal it from the inside (been = cut-up a bit on sides by PO and my battery pushes on the top). = Rather than plugging-up the battery vent I think I will try putting a = extra piece of pipe on for the vent angled 90 degrees pointing to the = rear. Hopefully that will create negative pressure and pull the = air out of the compartment instead of the current blowing in(?). =
I also plan to put in an aux battery, which I = now know must be sealed to eliminate off-gassing effect. Too bad = about the relay though-recently posted that the one in there is not the = right one for camper aux battery. I wonder how many people are = actually using the one that is there though. Thanks for the = advise!
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Message-----
From: Joel =
Walker [mailto:jwalker@tusc.net]
Sent: Thursday, January 28, 1999 10:55 PM
To: Phillip Bouton
Subject: =
Re: vent for the batter-Q's-why not aux =
too?
i've yet to figure = out why the battery on the 87 camper HAS a vent tube, but the = battery on my 88 non-camper does NOT. the only thing i can figure = is that the camper is expected to run off the battery while = sitting still: camping. and the 88 is not. so it must be that the = battery off-gases more when being used and NOT charged. does that = make sense? cause i'd always heard that the gasing was caused = by charging. ????
and, no, i don't know if the 88 =
campers did or did not have the venting. maybe it =
was discontinued??
joel