[C320-list] Battery Ventilation

[Robert Seastream]

I agree with Orlando.  Sometimes people overthink things too much.

Consider the risk of driving at up to 65++ mph in cars (and around  
other cars-think rush hour) carrying 10-20 gallons of gasoline and a  
wet cell battery, THEN storing those vehicles in garages.  Then, the  
risk of traveling at ~6 knots over water with 19 gallons of diesel and  
a couple of wet cells may pale by comparison.

I'm not dismissing the risk entirely, but if common sense is employed  
(don't smoke around charging batteries or while fueling, etc.), then  
the risks are greatly minimized.

Bob Seastream
Intuition # 906


On Jun 8, 2009, at 10:37 AM, Orlando.Duran at AveryDennison.com wrote:

> I would think that the passive ventilation is good enough...not sure  
> if ANY manufacturer provides any sort of positive ventilation for  
> other boats..
>
> I feel that some times, not always, folks on this list tend to take  
> things to a much farther side of the spectrum than is  
> realistic...it's like the carrying gasoline in a safety can or even  
> when talking about boats with gasoline tanks built-in---people talk  
> as if those are simply floating bombs yet power boats and sailors  
> with outboard engines carry gasoline all of the time and very few,  
> if any, problems.
>
> Again, the major part of batteries is to make sure you don't 'cook'  
> them by having a 3-stage charger in good working order, keep them  
> topped off appropriately and give them a look see every week or  
> so...eyeballing them is the key...unless you go and get gel cells or  
> AGM's then they are truly maintenance-free
> ----------------------------------
> Regards,
> OD
>
> Sent from my BlackBerry Wireless Handheld
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "warren updike" [wupdike at hotmail.com]
> Sent: 06/08/2009 10:11 AM AST
> To: <C320-List at Catalina320.com>
> Subject: [C320-list]  Battery Ventilation
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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.
>
> Warren & Pattie Updike
> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
>
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