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| Last week I took my Tuffy Esox 1700 boat to the car wash to clean up the carpet. Well, I just went out to plug in my charger to get ready to go fishing tomorrow and noticed that my 2 batteries and charger were completely submerged uder water this whole time since cleaning it. Are my batteries and charger toast? I can't believe that there isn't a drain of any sort in the compartment. For those of you not familiar with this model, the batteries are located in the bottom part of the rod locker on these boats. Any advice or help would be appreciated. thanks |
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| If there was a drain in the bottom of the battery compartment every time you had water in the bilge of the boat from rain or any other source you would have water in that compartment. If you had the nose of the boat down and pressure washed the deck, seat base and locker lid, you probably blasted water past the seal or past the front deck bulkhead in which case the water ran down the rod tubes. Call the factory Tuesday to determine what happened and what to check for. The batteries and charger should be OK, if the on board charger is waterproof which most are. |
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| Thanks for the reply. I am sure that water just ran past the seals and probably down through the rod tubes. I was just shocked to see my batteries and charger in 12 inches of water. I understand what you are talking about with the water backing up into the compartment of there was a drain. That makes sense. Maybe a drain like is in the cooler would be the answer. Again, thanks for the reply and great service as usual from Tuffy. |
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