Our Mechanics Discover WHY Boat Batteries Failed AGAIN

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Our Mechanics discover why the boat batteries failed for the third time. After troubleshooting the battery issue we discovered why this keeps happening. What might be causing this issue is the question the owner has? ...
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@WillFixThat Месяц назад

We get lots of calls that require troubleshooting battery issues... we were so glad these weren't the 8D's like we were originally told before getting to the boat. The boat was leaving the next day so we didn't do the charger repair.

@nathandean1687 22 дня назад

ok where are the battery balance boards at? u need them to balance the batteries.

@blueskies8834 29 дней назад

Nigel Calder says lead acid don't die they are murdered. We used Trojan T-105 for 20 years had them hooked up to a common water manifold for watering. Made the switch to LiFePO4 last year and it is a game changer.

@WillFixThat 28 дней назад

Thanks for sharing! 👍

@johnstreet797 29 дней назад

I've spent a lot of time on cayo hueso. I can't believe there are people there who know what they are doing, and are willing to show up and do it.

@WillFixThat 28 дней назад

We absolutely show up and get the job done …. Been here 11yrs! 👍

@kurtrindgen4708 Месяц назад

After 35 years of boating I’ve upgraded to all AGM batteries. Primary reason was to avoid having to check electrolyte levels in flooded batteries. I never had an issue and was always good about taking care of my batteries. As I get older I seem to need to reduce aggravation and maintenance where I can. Don’t ever see a need to go lithium for my level of usage. This is on a bass boat.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Good for you Kurt less maintenance is always a good thing on a boat!

@stephenscott963 29 дней назад

This is exactly why so many people hire you guys!!

@WillFixThat 29 дней назад

@@stephenscott963you rock Scott!

@timothyblazer1749 23 дня назад

AGM batteries also can discharge faster, and a bit deeper, without damage. Wise choice.

@ThoughtfulWander Месяц назад

Great troubleshooting episode! Thanks for sharing! 👍👍

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

We troubleshoot every day just got it recorded. 👍

@ThoughtfulWander Месяц назад

@@WillFixThat 👍👍

@snapper2784 Месяц назад

AGM for starting, Lithium for house. Alternator to charge both AGM and Lithium and if lithium BMS shuts off battery Alternator still dumps power into AGM thereby not blowing diodes on alternator. Lithium are just not there yet for cranking batteries. They will get there. When they get there you would swap them out for the weight difference alone. Love your content, from Sydney Australia.

@jdeshetlerII 27 дней назад

@snapper2784 Would you play it safe and wire the AGM and Lithium in parallel, or do you think they can be wired in series? Would love to pay a visit down there some day, especially during our winters 🙂

@daveok7131 26 дней назад

You can't put smart batteries and dumb batteries together

@travelbugse2829 17 дней назад

@@jdeshetlerII Someone should try that. I'll wait onshore with a pair of binoculars, though.

@capthack3566 Месяц назад

Great troubleshooting on the battery charger. And keep on with the great videos!

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Thanks Capt. 🙏

@user-rc4ov1lu1u 25 дней назад

Do you own a DC clamp on ammeter?

@WillFixThat 25 дней назад

Yes we do.

@jameshicks914 Месяц назад

Great job Guys!!

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Thanks for watching & sharing James.

@jonnooney7102 Месяц назад

Good old fashioned systematic troubleshooting will find the issue nearly every time ! Amazing variety of skills you have accumulated through all your years . It helps that you are in a market where you get to see pretty much everything that there is to see. I own a repair business that is trailer boats only and would have to hit the books again hard to survive in your world.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Matt amazes me every day with his skills! Being a troubleshooter is important working on boats! We always have complex jobs that these guys tackle every day.

@Look_What_You_Did 15 дней назад

Hmmm... I didn't see independent current verification. Beyond separating the two strings I saw no segmentation. No voltage drop across terminals...

@lb7wade518 Месяц назад

I did construction for years! Anyone can fix an issue! But a real mechanic will find the issue! I can fix the rot but let’s find why did it rot!!

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

You’re exactly right …. Let’s get to the root of the problem! They were here on vacation when we changed the batteries for the third time.

@codyswartz997 Месяц назад

@@WillFixThat umm that’s like a 9k worth of battery services calls😂

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

@@codyswartz997yeah crazy no one troubleshot the issue sooner.

@dalegikiere3555 24 дня назад

Thank You we enjoyed the video

@WillFixThat 24 дня назад

Thanks for watching Dale.

@watwsplace8614 Месяц назад

Love that Cuban coffee shop. Found it over New Years. Now order online. Actually will be in KW Friday May 31st. Maybe see u guys at Schooner Wharf. W

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

LOL you would never see us at Schooner … been there maybe 3x in 15 years. I go to Cuban Coffee Queen for the ice cubes. 😆

@derjaeger3321 Месяц назад

When it comes to this stuff I am 😮as dumb as a box of rocks. That is why a good tech is a a great thing to have on speed dial.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Yes speed dial for sure if you own a boat!

@martinbowers852 27 дней назад

when i was working in the arctic., we had main site an were responsible for 3 remote sites east and 3 west. well these remote sites had 200 batteries for the house and 6 for each engine which were 4 of those, to load test them which was a requirement. night mare to isolate them over 400 nuts and bolts, and the chargers were straight from hell, the military changed the whole system 3 times while i was there and probably still changing things now, but was 20 years ago, and batteries and charging have come a long way since then

@Jethrosgarage Месяц назад

I just hauled off six of those really expensive Odyssey 12 volt 200 ah 1300 cca gel batteries (the skinny tall ones) off a big sailboat, two of them are bulged out bad! In the middle of the night the crew awoke to smoke alarms, had to get the fire dept in. Seems the charger malfunctoned and was putting 27 volts to the 12 volt bank of house batteries. I now have six 132lb batteries to scrap, but I'm waiting for the price to go up, it's at five cents a lb now and I used to get 18. :)

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Yikes 😳 you had some bad batteries we see it like that from time to time. The sleeping dangers of batteries…. We tell our customers check those batteries periodically.

@donraptor6156 29 дней назад

Difficult to do when sleeping unless you have a roving watch.

@timguy4783 29 дней назад

great video

@WillFixThat 28 дней назад

Thanks Tim hope you’re doing well! It’s summer here 😭

@fatcat-hc4pj Месяц назад

Hey guys have a good weekend

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Hey fatcat keep watching …. Got a surprise for you coming up! 😊

@johnmooney9444 Месяц назад

Great diagnostics, but what are you going to do about leg 1? The video failed to say what was to be done.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

The boat had to leave so they will get the charger replaced there.

@anthonygrasso8620 28 дней назад

Hey buddy. I love you guys and lady….. gel…… but previous video. I keep seeing a carver mariner 350. In the videos . My former boat. I currently own a 1998 glacier bay 26 cuddy cabin… I don’t have ac equipment. Keep up the good work and videos. Love ya

@WillFixThat 28 дней назад

Thanks for choosing to watch us manage our chaos. I’d like to hear more about selling the dream what does that look like to you?

@anthonygrasso8620 28 дней назад

@@WillFixThat OK. It's almost 2am but I'll give it a shot...... keep this channel going. 2nd youtube is partnership with the big brands and the local youtube (fishing) and (boat manufacturers) regarding new boats and adventures..... yes. It's you personally on the boat non fixing...... Its a question mark and its difficult to figureout......but having a channel on the adventures regardless on the endgame........full disclosure btw I'm drinking tonight But again.... I love your channel. Also. (No joke) I'm taking the 26 footer searching for gold. For me to make a channel about that is .... viewer wow. See....... much love. When I'm sober. Ill drive down from st augustine

@WillFixThat 27 дней назад

@@anthonygrasso8620 LOL sounds like you had fun last night! I couldn't sleep so I started working. Searching for gold that sounds interesting. Come on down.

@ThoughtfulWander Месяц назад

Above 11k subscribers! Nice job! 👍👍

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Yup takes a bit of time …. 👍

@ThoughtfulWander Месяц назад

@@WillFixThat 👍👍

@michaelstaruszkiewicz8798 14 дней назад

LiFePO3 is my preferred type; Stable & Longlived.

@WillFixThat 14 дней назад

Thanks for sharing 👍

@nwmi493 19 дней назад

just pulled off an early to mid 90's pro mariner 50lb 35 amp charger. you could hear it hum 24/7 from the dock. i see lots of shitty charles chargers too. Good upsell to pull them out. I love seeing the fixed gel profile on those old things that have servicing FLA batteries for a decade. . "marinas" just keep selling batteries. duh.

@michaelm8312 Месяц назад

Mastervolt’s manual states to replace instantly with a Newmar

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

lol 😂

@paulthompson1216 Месяц назад

AGM typically. Greetings from my vacation spot in Ocean Harbor Islamorada!

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Hi Paul are you there now cause it’s pretty hot!

@paulthompson1216 Месяц назад

@@WillFixThat just got the sea doo fueled up. Truck says 90 degrees after driving it a couple miles. I’m here until August to see if I can take the heat. I appreciate your content!

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

@@paulthompson1216you can take the heat by hiding inside 🤣 like the people do up north in the winter. Stay hydrated & be safe.

@paulthompson1216 Месяц назад

@@WillFixThat “Will” do!

@damoncarter300 Месяц назад

Love my Lithium batteries. Last a long time. Super light also.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Being light is pretty nice 👍

@Jumbo-D 29 дней назад

Yeah, they are nice until the BMS fails and your boat blows up.

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Месяц назад

Lead carbon from victron I bought 160ah

@mikeramsey9747 Месяц назад

I like AGM batteries because they hold up better to the pounding experienced with boating, but I'd love to have LifePro's (Lithium) if I could afford them.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Yeah batteries are pricey and you should always change them out at the same time.

@YomamaPVT Месяц назад

What are the best batteries? I’m on my 1st Boat, 1985 Trojan International 11m Sedan, 454 mercrusers.

@WillFixThat 29 дней назад

IMO anything AGM no maintenance & less stress.

@craigescapeddetroit5198 Месяц назад

An infrared video camera will instantly show temperature anomolies.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Thanks for the tip. I’ll have to ask Matt how often we would use it.

@craigescapeddetroit5198 Месяц назад

A hot terminal, a cold wire that should be warm. Breaker panel hot spots. Circuit board hot spots.

@AquaDawg Месяц назад

So what is connected to leg 1 and causing the issue?

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Leg 1 lost its ability to sense the batteries. The charger will need to be replaced

@jacobuszwanenburg1629 Месяц назад

@@WillFixThatwas wondering what the cure was too thanks

@jehines3 25 дней назад

My vote. Sealed lead acid. Nice chemistries are cool and all but a single full depletion drain down kills even the best units. After the death drain, on borrowed time.

@WillFixThat 25 дней назад

Exactly borrowing time until dead! 😵

@nathandean1687 22 дня назад

salt water based batteries. as u can use salt water as a electro lyte

@WillFixThat 22 дня назад

Thanks for sharing.

@SkypowerwithKarl Месяц назад

AGM’s or Sealed (non vented) for starting batteries. Lifepo4 for house system IF it has a dedicated separate alternator AND lithium charger. You are right to hunt the cause of the problem the cooked the new batteries. You’re not a jerk out to make money.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

We are just looking to help those that need our services! We aren’t looking for work we have plenty! Our google reviews show that 👍 we work hard!

@DChase-ky2pg Месяц назад

Interstate AGM 31M. Suckers cost me 450 a piece with my veteran discount. I have 4 of them. Ouch

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Yup they a steep on the cost! But, less worry & no maintenance 👍

@SkypowerwithKarl Месяц назад

8D Vmax batteries are the heaviest of all. Bad news, I got a double hernia, good news it’s fix and probably won’t happen again LOL

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

We don’t let our guys to batteries alone … to dangerous because of the weight.

@t147han Месяц назад

Batteries never come fully charged,Because in storage its not good for the battery.they are normaly stored around 80%.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Thanks for the tip.

@t147han 29 дней назад

@@WillFixThat Also its normal for batteries to charge at 70 amps.How do you think they charge in a car or camper van.Its more about volts.ie car 14.7 from alternator slightly above 12.6.People can get confused because they see battery charger from mains saying 10 amps.You can buy bigger.but are very expencive.

@cliffbeckwith4019 Месяц назад

Im an AGM person, lithium ion is still cost prohibitive but I don't know if I would put them in a boat, there to sketchy for a boat in my opinion. BYT enjoy your shows.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Thanks for watching Cliff …

@jeffray4926 Месяц назад

AGM for me.

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

Agree Jeff.

@jponyboyace Месяц назад

So what’s the solution?…new charger?

@WillFixThat 29 дней назад

Yes 👍

@TaylorTaylor-yi4qd 28 дней назад

AGM batteries all the way!

@WillFixThat 28 дней назад

We agree 👍

@nwmi493 19 дней назад

So much crap product circulating now. Registering product is more important than ever before.

@WillFixThat 18 дней назад

As long as they get the registration card!

@michaelmalone6858 Месяц назад

AGM for every thing I work on, I wont even talk about lead acid today

@WillFixThat Месяц назад

We aren’t interested in lead acid either because in no time they’ll be calling because they didn’t fill the batteries.

@Jumbo-D 29 дней назад

Actually, AGM's are lead acid battery technology. They use a different medium, however the internal resistance is exactly the same as lead acid, no difference because they are the same tech. Best advantage for AGM is that they are sealed and require no maintenance.