Date:         Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:44:32 -0400
Reply-To:     craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
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From:         craig cowan <phishman068@GMAIL.COM>
Subject:      Re: General Question On Battery Venting
Comments: To: mcneely4@cox.net
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The box is not a box though. It is relatively open to the area under the
seat.
Or am I missing something?
I've cut up several vanagons but perhaps my memory fails me.

-Craig


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 10:30 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> The vents open under the vehicle, don't they?  Looks to me like they do.
>  And with good fasteners and the gasket in good shape, the top of the box is
> sealed.  mcneely
>
> ---- craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
>