I have been using an old, thick rubber floor mat cut to size.

Frank
-82 Westy  Daisy

-----Original Message-----
From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
Dave Mcneely
Sent: Thursday, July 08, 2010 12:42 PM
To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
Subject: battery compartment

As we all know, the battery compartment of the vanagon is under the
passenger seat.  It is covered with a metal lid.  What do you folks do to
insure that this lid never contacts the battery terminals?  The thing has
screws to fasten it in place, but seems capable of coming loose and becoming
a conductor.  I considered a pad made of an old inner tube, or something
similar.

Thanks,  David McNeely