I look forward to replies from those who have better battering knowledge then me!

My battery does have the vents and hoses.  I noticed a opening in the battery compartment and I have the hoses leading under the van.

Eric Caron 
85 GL Auto 

> On Mar 27, 2019, at 12:19 PM, Neil N <musomuso@GMAIL.COM> wrote:
> 
> I don't have enough formal education to confirm that this is true
> (beyond suffering no obvious health issue running 3 batteries in my
> 1981 Westfalia) but I've read posts over on the samba Vanagon forum
> suggesting that the amounts of hydrogen off gassing from a standard LA
> battery during normal use is not a real concern even if one is running
> a second or maybe even third LA aux battery. BUT.....   if a battery
> or batteries are overcharged and vent of that "egg smell" hydrogen
> sulphide gas, that gas contained in the van might be a problem. And,
> the bigger problem could be the over charging causing the battery to
> fail in a dangerous manner.
> 
> There may be variations on this for different model Vanagons and in
> different markets but both my 1988 and 1981 Westfalias have a vent to
> exterior on the passenger side battery box but do not have that
> exterior venting on the driver side box. Some folks put an AGM aux
> battery in that driver side box some use a standard LA (group 42?)
> battery as I do.
> 
> Any standard flooded cell group 41 battery I've used in my Vanagon has
> had vent nipples. One vent is typically capped off so that the owner
> can choose which side they attach a vent tube to. On some apparently
> "maintenance free" batteries, one can still find a way to remove the
> covers to check fluid levels in cells. I'd suggest that any LA starter
> battery has to have some means of venting.
> 
> Neil.
> 
> 
> On 3/27/19, Gabriel Hourtouat <ghourtouat@gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> 
>> I don't have enough experience with it yet to make a well founded comment.
>> (Others users were impressed with their Walmart batteries, I believe.)
>> 
>> Also, it's a wet cell; but I can't find that it is vented anywhere.  I
>> figure it should be, but there is no way to check the liquid level; so I am
>> confused about it.
>> 
>> g
>> 
>> On Tue, Mar 26, 2019 at 2:34 PM Neil N <musomuso@gmail.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> Thanks Dennis.
>>> 
>>> Venting is something to consider for sure so will consider investing
>>> in an AGM battery.
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Neil n
> 
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