1992 Aquasport 210 Explorer with 1992 Yamaha 250 TXRQ
Out on the water all day various starting, stopping, off/on, wake zones, etc.
about 500 yards or so from the home marina as I slowed down for the "no wake zone", the Yami quit. I didn't have enough battery power to start the motor or lift the motor out of the water. Not even a "click-click-click".
2 batteries, both are Walmart Everstarts. When I bought it a month ago, previous owner said "one battery was 3 years old, the other is 5 years old". I have no idea which is which. Both the DC and MS batteries are mfg in 2007 though.
Battery switch was on "all" when it died.
Is a bad battery enough to put a high enough load on the system to kill this motor at idle? I thought that a carbed motor should keep running even if the battery is dead.
When I pulled the batteries last night, after the tow, the unload, getting the family in the truck, etc, the negative post of the Starting battery was HOT.
Both batteries were drained but both charged up on the charger at home with no trouble. I'm going to take them up to get them tested anyway, and probably replace them regardless simply due to age.
But should this have happened?
Out on the water all day various starting, stopping, off/on, wake zones, etc.
about 500 yards or so from the home marina as I slowed down for the "no wake zone", the Yami quit. I didn't have enough battery power to start the motor or lift the motor out of the water. Not even a "click-click-click".
2 batteries, both are Walmart Everstarts. When I bought it a month ago, previous owner said "one battery was 3 years old, the other is 5 years old". I have no idea which is which. Both the DC and MS batteries are mfg in 2007 though.
Battery switch was on "all" when it died.
Is a bad battery enough to put a high enough load on the system to kill this motor at idle? I thought that a carbed motor should keep running even if the battery is dead.
When I pulled the batteries last night, after the tow, the unload, getting the family in the truck, etc, the negative post of the Starting battery was HOT.
Both batteries were drained but both charged up on the charger at home with no trouble. I'm going to take them up to get them tested anyway, and probably replace them regardless simply due to age.
But should this have happened?
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