I have a gel house battery mounted on its side.  I have only had it perhaps
six months and have not noticed any issues.  It was a bugger to get in the
box wired up (had to angle grind out a bit of the seat flange!).  Very happy
with the set up ever since though (knock on wood)
Devin
1987 Westfalia "Milou"
Vancouver, B.C.

On 11/20/09, Paul Gordon <paul_gordon@sympatico.ca> wrote:
>
> Anyone ever had an "Negative Experience" mounting these on their sides.
> They claim not to spill, But what about leakage. I think I can get a larger
> battery this way but not sure about installing it on it's side.Any insight
> would be helpful.
>