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| I had to leave for work a little early this morning and when I got home my daughter said she heard a loud noise out in the garage before they left for school like something fell, but she couldn't see anything. I got to looking around and there was an awful sulfer like odor. At first I thought it smelled like sewer or natural gas, but I couldn't find anything. My wife got home and as we are looking around down by the boat I thought maybe a battery even though I have never had that happen before. Sure enough when I looked in the battery compartment for the trolling motor batteries, one of the batteries had exploded. At the time it was plugged into the onboard charger which is a MinnKota two bank that is probably around 10 years old. The charger was in the boat when I bought it. I had just plugged the charger back in two days ago. Batteries are Farm and Fleet brand and 4-5 years old. I know they are not Interstate, but I have had good luck with them in the past.
Just wondering if any of you have experienced this and I am certainly not an electrician so any idea what may have caused it, bad battery or charger malfunction? Certainly cannot trust the charger now.
Craig
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