marine battery = waterproof?

[n0sPaM]

I bought a marine deep cycle battery from walmart and put it on my boat (for
trolling motor), is the battery waterproof? will water goes into the vent
and blow up? also, do I need to cover the +ve and -ve terminals to prevent
from short circuit?

Thanks for help.

[Doug Meredith]

yes, its not going to br hurt by water hitting it. yes you should have
the pos terminal covered to keep any thing that may grounf it out from
hitting it.

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[Gould 0738]

>will water goes into the vent
>and blow up?

No.

>also, do I need to cover the +ve and -ve terminals to prevent
>from short circuit?

Very good idea. Particularly the positive terminal. Covering only the negative
would be silly, since you could still ground to something else in the boat.

[rhea...@attg.net]

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I don't think you will have to worry about your battery 'blowing up' on you
if it gets wet. I have two DieHard marine batteries in my ship and they get
wet (but not soaked) quite regularly. As for your battery terminals, you
can either cover them with a set of those red and black rubber booties (as I
have done) or spray them down with some corrosion block spray or Boeshield
to keep problems from occurring. In any case, I assume you have your
battery in a proper battery box, right? If not, that is definitely a good
place to start.

-RH

[Clams Canino]

Ditto.

I've submerged my battery before (accidentally). Ref: "Hey why aremy feet
getting wet?!" thread.

Boat ran normally till we could get to shore and drain. Voltage remained
normal - CD player kept playing for the 2 hour troll back to base.

-W

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[Peter Bennett]

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:58:20 GMT, "n0sPaM" <n0s...@localhost.com>
wrote:

"Marine" usually just means that the battery has a carrying handle,
and threaded posts on the terminal - it says nothing about
waterproofness.

A conventional flooded-cell battery, where you can remove the cell
covers to check electrolyte level, and add water as needed, will not
be waterproof, and is likely to be damaged if submerged (but
occasional splashes of water may be OK).

A sealed "maintenance free" flooded battery, a "Gell Cell" battery, or
an AGM type are sealed, and should survive submersion.

In any case, the battery terminals _must_ be protected against
accidental short circuits - the battery cases available from most
marine suppliers will provide this protection, and will protect the
battery from water splashes.

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[Terry Spragg]

Peter Bennett wrote:
>
> On Fri, 13 Jun 2003 14:58:20 GMT, "n0sPaM" <n0s...@localhost.com>
> wrote:
>
> >I bought a marine deep cycle battery from walmart and put it on my boat (for
> >trolling motor), is the battery waterproof? will water goes into the vent
> >and blow up? also, do I need to cover the +ve and -ve terminals to prevent
> >from short circuit?
>
> "Marine" usually just means that the battery has a carrying handle,
> and threaded posts on the terminal - it says nothing about
> waterproofness.
>
> A conventional flooded-cell battery, where you can remove the cell
> covers to check electrolyte level, and add water as needed, will not
> be waterproof, and is likely to be damaged if submerged (but
> occasional splashes of water may be OK).
>
> A sealed "maintenance free" flooded battery, a "Gell Cell" battery, or
> an AGM type are sealed, and should survive submersion.
>
> In any case, the battery terminals _must_ be protected against
> accidental short circuits - the battery cases available from most
> marine suppliers will provide this protection, and will protect the
> battery from water splashes.
>
>
> --
> Peter Bennett, VE7CEI

Peter:

I am from Vancouver (Deep Cove, Windsor High, 1964), and enjoy
Roy's company, who is possibly your brother, a biologist among
other qualifications, very well.

You choose to address handles? Threaded terminals(?), "marine"
qualifications? EEE-Gads!

Chlorine, from salt water infiltration, will kill all submariners
aboard, and the batteries. Otherwise, a nasty smelling gas will
probably be an inconvenience, at least.

Fresh water? How fresh? All Pb(OH) batteries need water. Other
elements are, well, let's just say "Poison".

Battery short circuit protection? I am at a loss as to how to
respond to what surely must be just another troll. (No, I'm not!)
I shall not elaborate here, now.

Terry K