Need battery boxes
My new KZ has a single Gp27 12v battery in a vented box. Box has a top vent =and= a bottom vent. (I've never seen a battery box with a bottom vent.) I want to replace with 2 GC2 6v batteries, so wi...
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laknox wrote:brulaz wrote:
Wondering why the bottom vent.
H2 is a gas that is lighter than air so will rise. And it comes out of the top of the battery and should rise thru the vent piping and out of the trailer.
Our earlier trailer came with a single battery inside, vented at the top only. Air coming in under the lid could provide a draft up the vent, if that's what is wanted.
Guess I would be more concerned that the vent piping has a steady slope and no sags where the gas can pool.
Lyle:
Main reason is so I don't have to remove the d@mn batteries if I need to hose them down. :B Never seen one before, but the OEM box for the Gp24 Interstate has one and I thought it was pretty clever. Also, I have as yet to find a GC2 box with a =top= vent, so I'm pretty much convinced I'm going to have to DIY it with a hole saw. Just strange that =someone= doesn't make one. Oh, well...
Lyle
Ah yes, a drain rather than vent.
I've drilled holes in the bottom of all of my externally mounted battery boxes, just in case rain water gets in.
