Some advise from the man at Battery World about my caravan battery.
I bought a 12v USB charging socket from Battery World. While there I spoke the guy about my "sealed" deep cycle lead acid battery fitted to my caravan. I had no photo but described what I could remember about the battery to him. He advised me that it would most likely have a small hole on the top side of the battery and gave me (yes he gave me a product for NOTHING) an elbow and hose to vent any Dangerous gases to the outside of the van.
He was right and here is the result (i went and bought some more hose to reach the drain hole in the boot)
Note: I've run the venting tube so that it won't be crushed by stuff stored in the boot of the van
Good advice I recon. Kudos to the man at Battery World, and I have asked for further battery advice from you guys in the Techies Corner thread.
Jeff
Nelly said
09:20 PM Sep 30, 2014
I would have thought that the agent/owner of your caravan would tell you this sort of thing - bit of a worry really.
Kendo said
06:13 PM Oct 1, 2014
Thanks Nelly it is a worry, but I've made comments elsewhere in this forum over the last few months about customer service (or lack of it)
We had little advice when we bought our new caravan from the dealer. Here's the lights, this is how you light the stove, this is how you put the rollout out. That type of thing and just a handful of the original manuals of the individual bit's and pieces fitted to it.
How to use stuff fitted has been a matter of trial and error, and ask some questions of fellow G/N's in this forum. There still stuff in it I know little or nothing about
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I discovered that it was supplied without a jack! And "Yes" before you "know most everythings" out there jump in and tell me this is not uncommon, "I know". But that doesn't make it right!
Some advise from the man at Battery World about my caravan battery.
I bought a 12v USB charging socket from Battery World. While there I spoke the guy about my "sealed" deep cycle lead acid battery fitted to my caravan. I had no photo but described what I could remember about the battery to him. He advised me that it would most likely have a small hole on the top side of the battery and gave me (yes he gave me a product for NOTHING) an elbow and hose to vent any Dangerous gases to the outside of the van.
He was right and here is the result (i went and bought some more hose to reach the drain hole in the boot)
Note: I've run the venting tube so that it won't be crushed by stuff stored in the boot of the van
Good advice I recon. Kudos to the man at Battery World, and I have asked for further battery advice from you guys in the Techies Corner thread.
Jeff
Thanks Nelly it is a worry, but I've made comments elsewhere in this forum over the last few months about customer service (or lack of it)
We had little advice when we bought our new caravan from the dealer. Here's the lights, this is how you light the stove, this is how you put the rollout out. That type of thing and just a handful of the original manuals of the individual bit's and pieces fitted to it.
How to use stuff fitted has been a matter of trial and error, and ask some questions of fellow G/N's in this forum. There still stuff in it I know little or nothing about
You could have knocked me over with a feather when I discovered that it was supplied without a jack! And "Yes" before you "know most everythings" out there jump in and tell me this is not uncommon, "I know". But that doesn't make it right!
Thanks for the interest anyway Nelly
Jeff