<html><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body dir="auto"><div>Hank,</div><div>The vent system should be used for half an hour prior to charging to clear the keel, then throughout the charge and finally for another half to one hour afterward. What the maintenance log does not say is that somebody forgot to turn on the LP supply air during a charge. It happened once on Delta, too. Bang! Her deck plates all have a slight upward bulge as a result. Oops.</div><div>Vance<br><br>Sent from my iPhone</div><div><br>On Mar 11, 2014, at 8:43 AM, hank pronk <<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>> wrote:<br><br></div><blockquote type="cite"><div><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:12pt"><div><span>Steve, </span></div><div><span>I am thinking interior of the hull. Gamma has interior batteries sealed in a box. There is an air system to purge the box after charging. When I was reading the daily service reports, I read about an instance where the box had an explosion due to a faulty cable connection. I was thinking of going one step further and drilling in vent tubes in the sealed caps to carry the hydrogen away. I am not sure if this is a good idea or not, seems simple and effective. </span></div><div><span>Hank</span></div><div class="yahoo_quoted" style="display: block;"> <br> <br> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div style="font-family: HelveticaNeue,
Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;"> <div dir="ltr"> <font face="Arial" size="2"> On Tuesday, March 11, 2014 6:09:52 AM, Steve McQueen <<a href="mailto:psub101@indy.rr.com">psub101@indy.rr.com</a>> wrote:<br> </font> </div> <div class="y_msg_container"><div id="yiv7311798387"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hank, in this scenario are the batteries interior to the hull or exterior in pods?<br clear="none"></div>Steve<br clear="none"></div><div class="yiv7311798387gmail_extra"><br clear="none"><br clear="none"><div class="yiv7311798387gmail_quote">On Mon, Mar 10, 2014 at 5:09 PM, hank pronk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca" target="_blank" rel="nofollow" shape="rect" ymailto="mailto:hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca">hanker_20032000@yahoo.ca</a>></span> wrote:<br clear="none">
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Does anyone have an opinion on drilling in vent tubes to each battery, and seal off the original vent holes. Run the vent tubes to a manifold and purg. Keep the vent tubes going up hill all the way.</div><span class="yiv7311798387HOEnZb"><font color="#888888"></font></span><div>
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