Message Forums

batteries should not be fitted into the front box because of sparks.you need to buy a battery box that fits under the bed.these can be bought from.....

www.towsure.co.uk

these boxes need venting through the floor with a small tube.

http://www.towsure.com/search/battery+box

Quote: Originally posted by birder99 on 22/8/2012

---

I think Tango is probably having similar thoughts to me about gas and batteries in same space. Big Bang Theory comes to mind....

Safest way if you don't have a dedicated battery locker is to go back to the old ways and use a TP2 or dedicated battery case that can be strapped down and vented through floor of one one the underbed spaces.

---

Yes I was thinking on the same lines and birder99 is quite right about a dedicated battery box in a vented location under the interior seats. You will find that the law on this issue now states that a battery has to have it's own location and not in the same compartment as a gas cylinder as batteries can create sparks and gas is explosive which is self explanatory. That's why the caravan manufacturers eventually had to install an isolated sealed battery compartment with an exterior access door due to this very reason.