Mercury XR6 battery failure.

[fishinwrench]

Just a little reminder of what can happen when you try to get one more trip out of a failing battery.  The battery would start the motor just fine, but would never reach full charge and stay there. 

Overheated the voltage regulators, stator got hot and swelled up....trashing the flywheel, and in turn demolished the trigger.    

100.00 for a battery could have saved the guy $2716.31

So divide some of that time you spend staring at the tach....and use it to keep an eye on that Voltmeter !

[Ketchup]

Voltmeter? Integrated into the boat? I just replace the batteries every 2 years. 

Poor guy could have fished several tournamets, and hauled alot of fish around, for that amount of money. 😜

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Thats nice to know, my dads Xr6 had a 6 year old battery in it, Until i replaced it with my 2 year old battery when i got a new one.  Luckily his boat is a garage queen

[BilletHead]

         Thanks again for the reminder Wrench!,

        The Jet got a new one this Spring (3years) and the prop will get one next Spring. I may argue with you on other things but this I will not. Over and over you have pounded this in our heads. Proof from you,

  BilletHead

[Deadstream]

4 hours ago, fishinwrench said:

100.00 for a battery could have saved the guy $2716.31

Wow!    Do you ever have guys break down and cry?    Meantime, Brook trout and the Walleye are rocking in Northern Michigan

[BilletHead]

51 minutes ago, Deadstream said:

Wow!    Do you ever have guys break down and cry?    Meantime, Brook trout and the Walleye are rocking in Northern Michigan

                  I would cry,

  What I have is what I have. My funds are limited and as I get older I value what I have and try to treat it well. Try to take care of what you have and you will be ahead in the long run! 

     BilletHead

[fishinwrench]

2 hours ago, Deadstream said:

Do you ever have guys break down and cry?  

Actually yeah, it happens alot.  They always call back 20-30 minutes later and claim to have dropped the call, but I know they hang up just so they can have a moment to regain their composure.

[fishinwrench]

4 hours ago, Ketchup said:

Voltmeter? Integrated into the boat?

Absolutely!   If yours doesn't have one, or a place to mount one on the console, then I'd recommend ditching the useless Trim Guage, or equally useless Water Pressure guage, and putting a Voltmeter in its place.

All charging system catastrophe's can be detected if the captain keeps an eye on that Voltmeter.   Most sonar units will display voltage also if you choose to display it on your overlay data.

[aarchdale@coresleep.com]

Ketchup is to busy hot rodding to worry about voltage.  And his boat is about as fun as they come for an aluminum rig.   I drove it the other day and couldnt wipe the smile off my face at 55mph running under 5000 rpm's....My next boat will be an Xpress

[fishinwrench]

1 hour ago, aarchdale@coresleep.com said:

Ketchup is to busy hot rodding to worry about voltage

Good!  Because us outboard techs have kids to put through college.