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How to properly vent your battery

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I have three sea doos and neither of them came with a battery when i bought them. I purchased a cheapo 18.99 lawn and garden battery which works great. My question is am I risking danger by not having a vent tube connected to it and if so where would it connect to to vent to the outside air. There is also a hose connected to the rear that I think is it but none of them are connected to anything in all three skis? Thanks for your help guys.

One more think about the battery, it is a new maintenance free type that you do not need to add water to if that makes a difference.
 
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my opionion you are just asking for problems with those batteries, there is a reason the proper batteries are $100.....maybe fine now but how about when you are out stuck in the water with no one around? I would think safty would be of concern. If it is a sealed battery you cannot add water to it. Nor does it need to be vented if it is a ventless battery. I believe the factory batteries had a vent tube built right into the top of the battery and that was the vent, aftermarket batteries do not ususally have that vent tube.
 
use the watercraft batterys!

like custompartsguys said, your just asking for trouble!

after i ride my jetski, my battery gets soaking wet, and the expensive batterys are sealed from water in like, every way.
 
Shouldnt my maintenance free battery be sealed in every way even more than the other style ones? I am not understanding how this battery would survive vibrating along in a lawnmower for years but not be able to withstand being inside a pwc, if the water gets over the top of the battery I think my pwc would sink before that happens. I was concerned about any safety issues but never thought that my battery would fail. Anyone else using a non stock battery out there and have any opinions on this? Thanks.
 
NO, I am talking about how the cheap non marine batteries will not hold up, the cheap batteries have a high fail rate....heres a fun example for you...I needed and have had this problem in the past....I needed a new battery and went to walmart and bought a cheap 25.99 lawn and garden battery for my mower....now heres the funny part brand new battery tested 100% perfect, yet would not start my lawn mower I put in an interstate and it started right up same cca's and ca's as the cheap one, just made better.....now heres a better fact I took my $130 jetski battery 100 cca's less then the lawn mower required and the mower still started with it but the cheap walmart battery made for it with over 100 cold cranking amps more then my jetski battery would not start it....and those cheap batteries you bought if they will even start the ski they will not last long and may not even start you ski sometimes, let along might not provide the corrct amperage the major components of the ski require.

Just a thought but if you do it right to start with it will cost you less in the long run, a battery is not the same as other brands with the exact same cca's and ca's they all very in duty and reliability. Just like using an autozone fuel pump in your car/truck because you wanted to get away cheap, did great at first but darn 5-6 months later you have to get another one because they are junk...costs you more in the long run, just a thought if you go on ebay and have it shipped to your door you will save even after shipping 25-50% off retail, you should be able to get a very good battery for under $75 each to your door....it does cost more but you will thank yourself and save the hardache down the road.....good luck.
 
I use everlast battery from walmart made for pwcs, cost me $50 with a core. I bought one last year and made it through the season with zero problems. It is shot for this season but thats because I never put it on a trickle charger, got put behind the bench and forgot about. So its really up to you, in most cases you get what you pay for but some times you don't need top of the line stuff that you over pay for either.

I dont ride by myself, usually go in a fairly big group so being stranded isnt very likely, but would ruin a nice day.

my 2 cents
 
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