[C320-list] Battery Ventilation

[Scott Thompson]

Hydrogen, being much lighter than air and having the smallest of all 
possible molecules, is extremely difficult to contain.  It tends to 
escape rapidly to the atmosphere even if you don't provide an explicit 
ventilation path.  As long as you aren't on a submarine, that is.

Scott Thompson
Surprise, 653

Chris Burti wrote:
> If you run your blower long enough, it will vent the compatment.
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> On Mon, Jun 8, 2009 at 10:11 AM, warren updike <wupdike at hotmail.com> wrote:
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>> All this talk of batteries got me to thinking: If hydrogen and oxygen gases
>> produced by charging lead-acid batteries can be dangerous, why is it that
>> Catalina provided no ventilation for the battery locker?  Has anyone added
>> any positive ventilation to a C320?  I'm interested in how it was done.
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>> Warren & Pattie Updike
>> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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Scott Thompson
Surprise, #653