It is sealed, and it's vented to the ground.

Karl Wolz

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|From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com]
|On Behalf Of craig cowan
|Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 7:05 PM
|To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
|Subject: Re: General Question On Battery Venting
|
|even with a sealing lid, won't the gasses just vent out to
|under the seat and up that way?
|It's just not at all sealed.
|
|-Craig
|
|
|On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 9:39 PM, Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:
|
|> Thanks, TJ.  But not all campers came that way.  The
|Campmobile, with
|> full camping outfit, did not.  I suppose when you say, "dual
|batteries
|> under the seats," that you mean the starter battery under the
|> passenger seat, and the "house" battery under the driver's
|seat.  But
|> my camper, with the start battery under the passenger seat,
|definitely
|> has vents and a gasket on the lid.  I have made it a point to refit
|> the lid with new fasteners so that the seal works.  Now I
|will pursue
|> fitting a hose so that the vents work as designed.  mcneely
|>
|> ---- TJ Hannink <tjhannink@YAHOO.COM> wrote:
|> > Vanagon Campers, like my '87 Wolfsburg Edition came from
|the factory
|> > with
|> dual batteries under the front seats. Neither compartment is
|sealed or
|> vented.
|> > TJHannink
|> >
|> > On Wed Aug 10th, 2011 1:00 PM CDT Dave Mcneely wrote:
|> >
|> > >---- Loren Busch <starwagen@gmail.com> wrote:
|> > > And I also have a vague
|> > >> recollection of seeing a hole in the aux battery compartment to
|> > >> allow
|> the
|> > >> same kind of vent hose to be installed.  But of note is
|the fact
|> > >> that
|> the
|> > >> cover for the aux battery under the drivers seat is NOT sealed
|> > >> but
|> hinged
|> > >> with a latch, not held down by screws like the starting battery.
|> > >
|> > >Is that because on the camper, the box under the driver's seat is
|> > >not
|> really intended as an auxiliary battery box?  Or is it?  Do those
|> Vanagon models that came from the factory with a battery
|there have a
|> gasket and a hose?
|> > >
|> > >--
|> > >David McNeely
|>
|> --
|> David McNeely
|>
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