Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2011 22:12:26 -0500
Reply-To: mcneely4@COX.NET
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From: Dave Mcneely <mcneely4@COX.NET>
Subject: Re: General Question On Battery Venting
In-Reply-To: <4E43434E.4080608@gmail.com>
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Mr. Squirrel, just trying to batten something down, so to speak. Not really overly concerned about hydrogen gas accumulating, just like to know how things are supposed to work on the vehicle, and if I can fit them up that way, do it. mcneely
---- Rocket J Squirrel <camping.elliott@gmail.com> wrote:
> Jeepers. You guys think I'm a worrywart. No one is going to accumulate
> enough hydrogen in their van to cause a fire or explosion. Our charging
> currents aren't high enough, our batteries are too small. That stuff
> will float out of the van like a ladyfart in a breeze at a picnic.
>
> --
> Jack "Rocket j Squirrel" Elliott
> Bend, Ore.
> 1984 Westfalia. A poor but proud people.
> 1971 "Ladybug"-brand utility trailer ca. 1972 from a defunct company in
> San Clemente, Calif., now repurposed as The Westrailia.
>
> Sent from my kitchen.
>
> On 08/10/2011 07:30 PM, Dave Mcneely 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
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David McNeely
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