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Rank: Commodore
Joined: 10/30/2007
Posts: 908
Location: seattle Wa Seward Park area
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When I want to use my pontoon boat with a battery operated motor ie..Min -Kota what if the battery gets wet? Can a battery get wet and still funtion properly?Or is it very dangerous?My toon has a motor mount and a wire basket for a motor.Do I need to enclose the battery for safe operation?
When youre up to your rear end in alligators,its hard to remember that the initial plan was to drain the swamp.
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Rank: Commander
Joined: 4/29/2007
Posts: 433
Location: Woodinville
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A few splashes shouldn't hurt it. dunking it????? I'd think about some sort of battery box for the 'toon. Cheap insurance.
Give a man a fish and you fill his belly. Teach a man to fish and there goes the yard!
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Rank: Captain
Joined: 4/30/2007
Posts: 633
Location: Graham
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If it rains my battery gets wet (SO DOES THE MOTOR) and nothing has happened.
Quote:go down to the lake, cast a hook, and pull in the first fish that bites. Open its mouth and you'll find a coin.
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Rank: Lieutenant
Joined: 7/5/2008
Posts: 296
Location: vancouver wa
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dont dunk it and all will be good. mine gets wet all the time. i just upgraded to a sealed (dont buy it a les schwab )battery just in case it goes in the drink i dont have to worrie about the lake. 
Stan. Enjoy Your Days & Love Your Life' Because Life is a journey to be savored !!!! GO FISHINGAs Ben Franklin said: In wine there is wisdom, in beer there is freedom, in water there is bacteria. Remember: Water = Poop, Wine = Health. Therefore, it's better to drink wine and talk stupid, than to drink water and be full of poop There is no need to thank me for this valuable information: I'm doing it as a public service.
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Rank: Commodore
Joined: 10/30/2007
Posts: 908
Location: seattle Wa Seward Park area
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Thanks everyone.Asking anything in here is the greatest.You have people who have experienced all the elements,better then a salesperson who dosent know what its like at all.
When youre up to your rear end in alligators,its hard to remember that the initial plan was to drain the swamp.
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Rank: Angler
Joined: 11/18/2008
Posts: 1
Location: Snohomish County
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As long as it doesn't get dunked in salt water it will be ok, I am in the marine industry and have had quite a few customers with bellows problems and there batteries were actually still functioning properly completely submereged under fresh water.
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