Sealed Deep cycle battery Which one??????

There is nothing wrong with a wet cell battery in the boot. The Austin & Morris minis had them there and they produced millions of them. How much trouble did those batteries cause.

PeterD

My beemer has the battery in the boot............and the x5/x3 have them in the rear compartment under the tray.....

It does then appear that what I have been told on this forum on another post by some people is then incorrect. The danger of blowing yourself up by having a wet cell in the boot is a non issue. As I thought. Have to be very cautious of the rubbish people are prepared to tell you. As an added precaution I will still vent it as mentioned above. Thanks to those who have provided a nicely balanced perspective on this subject.

Sorry about the venting is below..

Disco1942 ....

Yes you are quite right. I had a mini with a battery in the boot.

Yes, it did blow up.

Only minor damage but messy to clear up.

Getting the brown stains out of the strides was a problem 8-)

I had a mini panel van with the battery behind and under the drivers seat. The jack handle was floating loose in the back and landed across the terminals on day - that was exciting!

without commenting directly about the Ebay site batteries, not all AGM style batteries are suitable as Deep Cycle batteries - for running a fridge full time.

I`m confused now mainey.
I know there are other styles of AGM batteries.
But why would a deep cycle AGM battery be no good for running a fridge ?
Of course like any battery it will need charging when run low.
But AGM`s have more cycle ups than a wet cell, and are designed to handle more discharge and recharge and therefore last longer .
Would`nt an Agm be safer in the boot than wet cell.

AGM batteries are not the saviour of the (camping) world, Absorbed Glass Mat batteries are only a type (or style of manufacturing technique) of battery, some are specially made for only shallow discharge situations (phone standby battery) and some for DEEP discharge, which you would use to run a fridge or other high power consumption product.

The Fullriver website sets out some of those limitations and also some benefits :-)

product .http://www..com/products/hgllist.asp

WA Perth

I am going to set up a venting system for my battery. After some thinking and wandering around the garage I came across some 4mm irrigation tubing. I can puncture a hole in the top of the battery box insert one of the connectors for the tubing into the top of the box for the 4mm to connect to. Then pass the tubing out the bottom of the car where the wires go out to the anderson plug near the tow ball.

That should provide a means of escape for any problem hydrogen build up.

Pixie,
If you are going to vent your battery with the tubing it will have to flow upwards as hydrogen is lighter than air.

Was thinking about that so now where do I vent it too . Needs to be higher than battery another problem . Im certainly not going top drill a hole through the boot just for that.mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm

Thanks alot Mike

I will just be using it for a bit of tv phone and small battery charging when I need some of the small sealed ones I have. Thats why I got the inverter to run the small tv i have. I will connect a small tube from battery to floor of boot to vent out. Not sure how good that will be but figure if there was a great build up of hydrogen then it will push it out there.

As you say I too figure it wont be a problem . The boot is not completely air tight and as for the amount of gases emitted it would be miniscule. Think simply hopping behind the wheel of the car is alot more risky than worrying about an explosion from a battery in the boot.

Ps On a recent 2 day trip just south of Mandurah took some ice-cream and the 1180 kept it perfectly in the car and then at camp on gas . Icy cold beers infact nearly too cold as some of the water bottles in the fridge iced up a bit . Day temps about 35

cheers