Choice of Batteries - Which Would You Choose?
Need expert advise from those that know batteries best. I have an 05 PW Excel that has room for just one 12v house battery in the outside compartment. It's a wet cell, and just as soon get away from t...
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LadyRVer wrote:
When I purchased my PW Excel, a few years back, it had one battery in the battery compartment outside and another battery was inside the coach under a portion of the seat which made into a bed. Previous owner had wired the two together.
Went to replace the batteries and was told the battery inside the coach was illegal as there was no vent to it. Just a thought.
I stayed with the one coach battery in the proper outside compartment.
I'm not sure about the illegal part. There are some US Coast Guard regulations.
In regular use, explosive gas is emitted from flooded batteries, plus corrosive sulphuric mist. No one will dispute that, if installed in a living space, it is 'proper' as well to put flooded batteries in a sealed container with a vent to the outside.
AGMs are sealed and do not emit either hazard in regular use. Many people install them inside the living space without the venting.
HTH;
John
