Stuart,
My 90 Westy has an auxiliary battery box under the driver's seat... The
cover does not seal the battery and there is no vent to the outside of the
van.
Bill
-----Original Message-----
From: Stuart MacMillan <stuart@COBALTGROUP.COM>
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM <vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM>
Date: Thursday, March 23, 2000 9:13 AM
Subject: Re: Optima Batteries

>The Vanagon's battery boxes are vented into the wheel wells, and the
>cover should be in place and intact to prevent hydrogen gas (which is
>very explosive but not toxic) from getting into the cabin.
>
>"J. C." wrote:
>>
>> --- Todd Kaderabek <todd@LARKBOOKS.COM> wrote:
>> >In my Westy, I had to punch holes in the
>> > battery cover to get it to
>> > work. OR I could have eliminated the cover and the
>> > hinge completely and
>> > probably gotten it to work.
>>
>> I've always heard that auto batteries emit small
>> quantities of explosive poison gas, which is why they
>> are sealed from the interior of the vehicle.  Is this
>> not the case? I've considered doing the same thing...
>
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