Date:         Wed, 10 Aug 2011 23:11:49 -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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Perhaps my bus is just so heavily modified at this point I have forgotten
what is stock.
Sorry guys.

-Craig


On Wed, Aug 10, 2011 at 11:10 PM, <mcneely4@cox.net> wrote:

> Mine is a rectangular prism (a box) with sides, ends, top, and bottom.
>  Vent holes are in the corners below.  How is it open to the area under the
> seats?  Too tired tonight, but I'll go look tomorrow.  mcneely
>
> ---- craig cowan <phishman068@gmail.com> wrote:
> > 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
> > >
>
> --
> David McNeely
>