Water laeking into Battery Box
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Printed Date: November-17-2024 at 12:39pm
Topic: Water laeking into Battery Box
Posted By: tlwolf
Subject: Water laeking into Battery Box
Date Posted: August-01-2013 at 7:09pm
I have a 2011 200 OB SN. The other day the bow went under a wave and took on quite a bit of water. There was at least 6” in the bilge which I pumped out & the bilge is now empty. The battery compartment had 3” of water which did not drain out to the bilge area. I got that out, but water keeps bubbling up through the drain hole in the bottom of the compartment. I’ve emptied it 3 times and the water keeps coming. I would have thought that all water taken on board would drain to the bilge? Apparently not as whatever water is trapped is still going into the battery compartment. Anyone know the cause and what to do about it? Thanks.
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Bay Rat
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Posted By: juno
Date Posted: August-08-2014 at 9:27am
I have same problem in a 1982 Mustang and am about to glass it off
No real reason to have an operational drain hole there
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Posted By: baitkiller
Date Posted: August-08-2014 at 9:56am
That is why I turned that box into a beer cooler and put the battery under the dash.
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Jesus was a bare-footer.............
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Posted By: AAM196
Date Posted: August-08-2014 at 11:39am
Funny to see this thread now... I was just going thru my entire boat and noticed a 1/2 of water in my battery box. I pulled the little drain plug out (that I just put in at beginning of season just because I thought it would be a good idea). I have a closed bow too! Must have been the day skiing in the rain.
Anyway, I guess it is best to just leave the plug out... anyone else do this?
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Posted By: KRoundy
Date Posted: August-08-2014 at 12:09pm
tlwolf - Is the boat stored in the water or is it on a trailer after skiing that it is doing this?
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Posted By: AAM196
Date Posted: August-08-2014 at 12:39pm
That is odd... do you have water in bilge higher than bottom of battery box?
Take and air compressor hose and blow the drain line clear.
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Posted By: tlwolf
Date Posted: August-09-2014 at 1:21pm
I posted the original question. I did eventually figure it out. A piece of foam padding had come loose and lodged where the drain passage was cut in a spar between the forward section and the aft bilge motor area.
This caused the water to build up in the forward section and eventually into the batter box. The foam padding was supposed to be under the muffler box to manage vibration between it and the hull.
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