Of my two vans I have 1 or two covers and neither are in use in my
working van.  One of the covers has a huge arc mark where it touched
positive.  Both of my batteries are secured with the stock hold downs
thought!  I hope not having the covers in place will not kill me as I
sleep in my van.

Edward

At 12:42 PM 7/8/2010, Dave Mcneely wrote:
>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