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Originally Posted by ROLLGUY
I guess the Mercedes Benz designers for the W210 goofed by putting the battery under the back seat. Not that we care about BMW's, but they have their batteries in the trunk, what were they thinking?!
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My W210 battery is under the back seat
My W164 battery is under the passenger seat
http://www.peachparts.com/shopforum/ml-gl-g-wagen-r-class-unimog-sprinter/351627-w164-battery-replacement.html
Both of these have vent tubes out the bottom for any outgassing to leave the passenger compartment.
Overcurrent protection on the internal battery is handled by fusing at the battery. At least for all the accessory circuits. The starter feed is still unfused but routed in as protected a manner as possible (along the center tunnel).
Overcurrent in a W123/W124 makes me cringe. No way I can get away with the stunts they pulled on those cars. Battery -> starter -> light switch -> key -> fuse would never fly in my world.
I have been at a car accident bad enough to bring out the fire department, and I can tell you the first thing they do when they get there is pop the hood and SNIP SNIP the battery cables.
I know when the Insight/Prius etc came out they had to do special training for the FFs on how to safely de-energize the 170 V dc (Insight) or 340 V dc (Prius) or 400V+ (Leaf/Tesla) dc systems on these cars in an accident. No Thanks.