Transporting RV batteries in your TV

[chracatoa]

This may be a stupid question but I want to know if it's okay to have two deep cycle RV batteries in the trunk of my TV for about four hours.

I'm going to buy new ones and recycle the old ones but I'll have to keep them in my TV for about three hours in a parking garage while I do some errands in the morning.

Usually when I transport batteries (or propane for that matter) I try to keep it under 15 minutes.

[Grit_dog]

:S

[Second_Chance]

I would keep them in battery boxes or on plastic so there's no chance of acid damaging anything in the trunk.

Rob

[CavemanCharlie]

Just make sure they don't tip over !!!

[ajriding]

additional info:
Wet-cell batteries can off-gas when being charged and that gas is not what you want in your vehicle, but if not being charged then they are nearly harmless in that respect.

[Grit_dog]

To be clear, aren't you always "transporting" batteries in vehicles and RVs anyway? Why would this be different? Same with propane. What's the concern?

Before you say your vehicle battery is under the hood and your Rv batteries are bolted to the trailer tongue, many vehicle and RV batteries are in "inside" compartments.

[chracatoa]

Thanks!

[kellem]

Yeah just sitting you have no worries.

[opnspaces]

I would say no problem s long as they are just sitting and aren't being charged.