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 Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 3:43 am |
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| Edward wrote: |
| Loads of cars have the battery in the car. Citroen Picasso...loads of BMWs...it all depends on ventilation. |
Im worried about the Transit's at work, the battery is under the drivers seat protected by a flimsy panel 
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 7:41 am |
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An Intercooler or charge cooler is used on a turbo car to cool the air before it enters the engine.
When air is compressed in the turbo its temperature is increased from the outside temp (say 18c in England) to in my case 120c when the air leaves the turbo. These means that the air that enters the engine will not expand as much as cold air this gives you less power. So using an Intercooler you can reduce the air temperature down to around 60c and below giving you a larger bang for your buck. Also reduces EGT allowing you to put even more fuel in to the engine.
Also once the air is cool its volume is reduced so you can put more air in.
I think that's a pretty good basic explanation? (please correct me if im wrong)
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:14 am |
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Yes you are right a lot more than I realised do. Also most (all) campers have batteries in the living area.
Perhaps I have over egged the risk!!
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:43 pm |
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Location: darlington
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| Edward wrote: |
| Loads of cars have the battery in the car. Citroen Picasso...loads of BMWs...it all depends on ventilation. |
Yeah but they have been professionaly installed/wired in and designed to sit in the several places where they live on each of the several vehicles...also although they are in the actual cabin,very often they sit in purpose made draws or surrounds,designed to be there and designed to be safe no matter the problems.
Totaly different to a home made set up.
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Posted: Fri Nov 09, 2012 1:53 pm |
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Modern campers almost always have a totaly seperate,purpose built locker for there second batteries...and anyway these batteries pose much less of a threat as they are sealed and not used for cranking the vehicle limiting battery use to small levels therefore not pushing the limits of the battery staying safe and keeping the vehicle/passengers safe.
One exception to this rule would be the vw campers,they used to carry just 1 main battery placed just under the rear of the drivers seat...seemingly offering no protection from burns atc. if a problem occured however being vw they must have felt it was safe themselves being overdesigning German geeks....there cars are among the safest of all so they must have been satisfied with the set up.
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