Date: Thu, 11 Aug 2011 06:52:11 -0700
Reply-To: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
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From: Alistair Bell <albell@SHAW.CA>
Subject: Re: General Question On Battery Venting
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nope
my 82 westy diesel did not.
alistair
On 2011-08-11, at 6:22 AM, Dennis Haynes wrote:
> The campers actually have a box inside the battery compartment. The cover
> closes all 4 sides and the vent is into the wheel well area.
>
> Dennis
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Vanagon Mailing List [mailto:vanagon@gerry.vanagon.com] On Behalf Of
> craig cowan
> Sent: Wednesday, August 10, 2011 10:05 PM
> To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM
> Subject: Re: General Question On Battery Venting
>
> 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
>>
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