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Originally Posted by funola
I looked up PC950s Odyssey batteries and they are over $400 for 2 of them! Those batteries are physically small and light in weight for the power output claimed. Do you really believe them? What are you doing about venting? There is a chemical reaction and there is out gas while it is under charge. How are you running the battery cables? Inside or outside? Do you have any safety precautions against shorts to ground which can start a fire or cause the battery to explode? Having the battery in the interior is a worse spot than in the trunk IMO. Car manufacturers put batteries on the correct side of the firewall for a reason.
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I believe them (Odyssey Corporation) to the extent that a lot of other folks have done it and 100% success. I cannot assume there is a some sort of conspiracy among different car folks on different forums. It's possible I would concede. Their warranty appears rock solid. Their reputation appears rock solid. They are on par with the anti-gravity battery, except the latter is a little more costly, but lighter and smaller. Two PC950 with an internet coupon is a hair under $400 for 2 shipped. The antigravity battery of the same caliber is around $600 for 2. Does that cost more? Yup, but 7 or 11, respectively, tanks of WVO makes me even. So far, and this is a just a guess, if something "bad" happened, then 1. It would be "news" of some sorts, 2. liability and risk would probably dictate some sort of warning such as "don't put inside of car", 3. doubling the CA is probably way overkill, but I found nothing which suggests it's bad news. As for running the cable, I am doing the same exact thing I did when I had my battery in the trunk which was inside the car. I never had a problem or issue for about 2 years. Not sure about Mercedes engineers, but they seem to be obsessed with safety. I have seen a few MBs which have their batteries inside the car. I have seen BMWs that way too. The only difference is that they have just one battery with the resulting weight on one side of the car. My weight is evening distributed just foward of the rear axles. Time will tell. I know on STD, there were some forum members who were 100% adament that no one could fit a Group 49 battery inside one of the pockets in the trunk. Guess what ? It does fit and does fit in a battery box made with some extra space. Now, without sounding like a hypocrite, I said no way on a battery under the back seat ... until I started thinking about it. Guess what? It can be done. It's a mod and mod's cost $$. Is it worth it ? Who knows. That's a personal preference. However, maybe you could post a link where the bad things you comment happened with a odyssey or antigravity battery. I looked, and no dice.