The batteries are in the storage area under the couch -- at the front end of that box, next to the cubicle where the original single (AGM) battery was placed by FWC.Ethergore said:...Where do you have your batteries if they have to vent?
Venting is provided by the turnbuckle access slider, which is next to the batteries, propped open about an inch.
Is this safe?
It's safe enough for me -- and I've run it this way for 6 years without a single explosion (at least, none that I recall).
The potential hazard is the small amount of hydrogen gas that evolves when the battery is being charged and water is split into hydrogen and oxygen. But hydrogen diffuses -- dissipates -- very fast (almost 5 times the diffusion rate of propane). And the LEL of hydrogen is 4 vol-%, which is higher (less flammable, by this measure) than most volatile substances (propane is 2 vol-%).
But I'm not suggesting to anyone else that they do what I do.
And if folks decide that my camper isn't safe to visit at the upcoming Rally, I won't be offended.