"....only battery acid..."
ONLY???!!!! are you kidding, that is Sulfuric Acid. It says right on the
battery that it can blind you! Not to mention what the fumes can do to your
lungs. And your brain. Me, I'm changing to a sealed battery. Probably an
Optima.
Bill
90 Westy Syncro
Lake Tahoe

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> From: Kent Christensen <lkchris@USWEST.NET>
> To: vanagon@VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: Deep Cycle as ONLY battery?
> Date: Wednesday, December 09, 1998 9:14 PM
>
> Optima indeed has a web site at
> http://www.optimabatteries.com/main.htm
>
> It has some good FAQs, but unfortunately none answers the
> question at hand.
>
> Speaking of fumes, I assume that is of more interest to us
> with our batteries essentially in the interior with us.
> This got really interesting for me once when my Bosch
> battery literally exploded!  Turned the key and boom!  My
> '81 is a vinyl seats/rubber floor version and the interior
> acoustics are superb as regards explosions.  When I
> recovered I realized I wasn't on fire and the smell was only
> (?) battery acid.  This happened in the parking lot of my VW
> parts store (Foreign Aide) so I went back in and bought a
> new battery from them, installed it with a wrench they
> loaned me, and was on my way in no time at all.