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STANG KILLA SS 
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 Topic: Battery/compartment questions: 82 SN2001Posted: July-01-2008 at 6:57pm |
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poped the battery compartment on the 82 for the first time (was dead) and noticed two things
1. it had about 2" of standing water in the bottom. is there supposed to be drain hole? if not can i drill one?, and where would it drain too? 2. what battery is recomended? mine is TINY, looks like a civic battery lol. so small its got 2" styrofoam on 3 sides for "spacers" its got 550 cranking amps, but just seems small and not much capacity/ high drain capabilities. |
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JoeinNY
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Posted: July-01-2008 at 7:22pm |
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550 cranking amps is on the small side, anything that fits is acceptable, you can get in a optima blue top with 850 or so CCA. As for the drain, if you dont have on be grateful, dont drill one. Drilling one will just give you a good location to start to saturate the foam around the battery box, this is a very common place for Nautiques of this era to fill the foam with water and rot out the stringer and floor under the seats. 83's have a drain with a hose through the foam out to a bulkhead but again this has been the area that has leaked and destroyed quite a few boats. Get a sponge and sponge it out.
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8122pbrainard
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Posted: July-01-2008 at 8:46pm |
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SK, If you stick with a regular battery and don't go with the fancy Optima, Get only what you really need to handle the engine size. Joes recommendation of the 850 is a good one. I'm saying this because way back, I made the mistake of buying a 1000 CCA (bigger is always better - wrong) and it didn't last one season. When they build a large CCA battery in the same case size, they need to get more plates in it. With more plates, some of the support for those plates comes out. Now the battery can't handle the pounding you give them in a boat!
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bkhallpass
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Posted: July-01-2008 at 9:33pm |
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My 82 had a small drain hose. As Joe suggested, it is one of the first places that leak. Also, it was pretty close to the hull of the boat and so water from the bildge could get back from the bilge and into the battery box.
If you drill, you are asking for trouble. You'll be drilling straight into foam, it will be very difficult to run a tube and seal it, particularly without removing the engine, and you risk drilling through vent hoses or one of the wiring tubes. BKH |
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STANG KILLA SS
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Posted: July-02-2008 at 1:03am |
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yeah i definatly have no plans to blow money on a optima. a quality standard battery with adiquate CCA should do just fine.
i think ill just keep a sponge in the hole for the water problem. mines definatly not draining now. |
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STANG KILLA SS
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Posted: July-23-2008 at 2:21pm |
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well im still fighting this, i pulled out the old battery soped all the water out, and put in a new 860 cca huge 14" MAXX battery. i also bought a large sponge and put it in the bottom. i saw no drain hole. took the boat out one time, brought it home, and then it rained lightly one time(i have a nice fited cover, but its canvas, so the water can still seep threw i think)
well yesterday i went out to work on the stereo and check the battery hole, and sure enough 2" of water siting in the bottom :( that cant be good for that battery. the thing i dont know if its from the lake, or the rain. it was a very ruff day and we took on alot of water over the nose and splashes over the side. any ideas on how to remidy this? |
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Posted: July-23-2008 at 2:42pm |
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Keep the boat under a good cover, put it in storage and do not allow it to get close to water.
If above advice is not follow closely you will get water in your boat. The batt box is a design flaw that will take a lot of effort to sort out. As far as the Battery staying in a sauna, this will not harm it,just remove the water and enjoy your new toy. Contrary to popular opinions boats really like the water, electronics do not..................Boat dr |
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79nautique
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Posted: July-23-2008 at 3:05pm |
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there should be a drain hole in the side on the rear panel of the compartment, stick a cork in it so the bilge water doesn't flow into it.
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94nautique
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Posted: July-30-2008 at 6:30pm |
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My battery just died. Actually it charges, specific gravity is fine, but, it won't turn the engine over. It turns over fine when boosted which suggests to me that I need a new battery. I just picked up an Interstate with with 610 CCA (762 CA). Is this too small? I just need a starting battery no massive stereo or other drains.
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