[C320-list] Battery Ventilation

[Jeff Hare]

Pete,

I wouldn't bother with holes.  I think you'll be hard pressed to find a case of this ever being even a minor problem let alone a dangerous situation.   

Look for problems in air tight battery rooms with lots of batteries not in our installation   

JeffH

------Original Message------
From: Peter & Barbara Sheerin
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Sent: Jun 9, 2009 4:55 PM

Warren Good note about battery ventilation. I'm considering drilling a 
couple of vent holes in vertical f glass section of seat adjacent to 
batteries. Should then provide adequate ventilation.  Peter # 1096
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "warren updike" <wupdike at hotmail.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, June 09, 2009 6:12 AM
Subject: Re: [C320-list] Battery Ventilation


> Chris, my blower enters the engine compartment and exhausts via another 
> hose
> leading from the engine compartment. The batteries are in the stbd setee.
> There is no path for air between the battery compartment and the engine
> compartment.  Did I misunderstand you?
> Warren #26
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Chris Burti [mailto:clburti at gmail.com]
> Sent: Monday, June 08, 2009 10:51 AM
> To: C320-List at catalina320.com
> Subject: Re: [C320-list] Battery Ventilation
>
> If you run your blower long enough, it will vent the compatment.
>
> 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.
>>
>> Warren & Pattie Updike
>> Catalina 320, #62, "Warr De Mar"
>> Middle River, Chesapeake Bay
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> -- 
> Chris Burti Farmville, NC
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