Mystery Hose

[maytag]

As a creature of habit, I replace all of my batteries with optima batteries. Different technology, no vent. However..... I seriously can't recall the last time I unhooked a vent from a battery. Nor do I recall seeing a vent "tap" on a battery I was removing. But I wasn't really looking, either, because there was no vent hose....

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Originally Posted by maytag

As a creature of habit, I replace all of my batteries with optima batteries. Different technology, no vent. However..... I seriously can't recall the last time I unhooked a vent from a battery. Nor do I recall seeing a vent "tap" on a battery I was removing. But I wasn't really looking, either, because there was no vent hose....

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Battery vent hoses are generally only found in cars that have the battery sealed in a trunk space. If the battery is in the engine compartment, there usually won't be a vent hose connected to the vent (sometimes a nipple, sometimes just a small hole).

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Originally Posted by maytag

As a creature of habit, I replace all of my batteries with optima batteries. Different technology, no vent....

The is reason #(I forget what number I'm on, lol) that I enjoy this forum. A thread may start with an idea/question and eventually to something related that peaks my curiosity and I end up learning something.

Today's lesson...I didn't know all Optima batteries were AGM. Now I know, and knowing is half the battle, right?