martintheduck Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 This issue started maybe 2 weeks ago. The bilge area of my boat STINKS of rotten eggs. Had the boat for two years. Don't have a carport to put it under, so it does get water in it regularly and I always remove the plug for rain. What is causing this smell? I was charging the batteries today and one of the batteries was getting a bit warm and that worried me. Any input fellas? Many thanks! Cheers! Boat is a 2011 Xpress H18SS w/ a 150 Yamaha VMAX Quote
Super User ww2farmer Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Do you have a fishing partner who's a real a-hole? 2 Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Yup, that's what it smells like.. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Get some rotten bacon and call it breakfast 1 Quote
Super User J Francho Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Get your batteries checked. Quote
Super User slonezp Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 What does that mean? sulfur from the battery Quote
Smokinal Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 sulfur from the battery Winner winner chicken dinner! You may have a bad cell causing the battery to boil, causing a sulfur smell from that battery. Quote
Crappiebasser Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 That gas is explosive so make sure it's well ventilated. I agree it's a bad cell but it can be caused by over charging so check your charger before using on your new battery. Quote
Super User Sam Posted February 28, 2015 Super User Posted February 28, 2015 Sulpher. You are smelling sulpher. Coming from a battery. Please do not take any chances and spend the money to replace your batteries. Quote
Dogface Posted February 28, 2015 Posted February 28, 2015 That gas is explosive so make sure it's well ventilated. I agree it's a bad cell but it can be caused by over charging so check your charger before using on your new battery. I saw a battery blow up. It sounded like a grenade. The guy was jumping a car when it happened. He was covered with acid including his face and eyes. Be very careful especially if you have the battery on charge. Quote
martintheduck Posted March 1, 2015 Author Posted March 1, 2015 Get your batteries checked. sulfur from the battery Winner winner chicken dinner! You may have a bad cell causing the battery to boil, causing a sulfur smell from that battery. Sulpher. You are smelling sulpher. Coming from a battery. Please do not take any chances and spend the money to replace your batteries. That gas is explosive so make sure it's well ventilated. I agree it's a bad cell but it can be caused by over charging so check your charger before using on your new battery. Time for new batteries! I just replaced both trolling motor batteries 2 months ago and I replaced my cranking battery last season! Any pointers or direction? Could this be caused by, as CrappieBasser said, the charger? Quote
Super User Dwight Hottle Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 Yes it could be a defective charger. 1 Quote
Smokinal Posted March 1, 2015 Posted March 1, 2015 It certainly could be a bad charger, if it's overcharging. Is it a 2 bank? 3 Bank? Do you charge them separately with a single charger? Quote
Super User slonezp Posted March 1, 2015 Super User Posted March 1, 2015 Bad charger cooked the batteries 1 Quote
martintheduck Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 It certainly could be a bad charger, if it's overcharging. Is it a 2 bank? 3 Bank? Do you charge them separately with a single charger? 3 bank charger. Minn kota. how can i deduce if i need new batteries vs a new charger? Quote
Smokinal Posted March 2, 2015 Posted March 2, 2015 I believe that if you have the batteries load tested, a battery (the hot one most likely) will test bad. And if you jump on youtube, there are a ton of videos showing how to test your charger with a volt meter. Keep us posted. Quote
martintheduck Posted March 2, 2015 Author Posted March 2, 2015 I believe that if you have the batteries load tested, a battery (the hot one most likely) will test bad. And if you jump on youtube, there are a ton of videos showing how to test your charger with a volt meter. Keep us posted. AWESOME! Will start tracing stuff down tomorrow with voltmeter. Will keep y'all posted Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted March 2, 2015 Super User Posted March 2, 2015 There's a possibility that you might have just gotten a dud battery too. I'd still check the charger to see if that's causing it. Quote
martintheduck Posted March 3, 2015 Author Posted March 3, 2015 There's a possibility that you might have just gotten a dud battery too. I'd still check the charger to see if that's causing it. I believe that if you have the batteries load tested, a battery (the hot one most likely) will test bad. And if you jump on youtube, there are a ton of videos showing how to test your charger with a volt meter. Keep us posted. So I started charging the batteries today since draining them out Saturday in the tournament... I've been nervous to charge them since I found one battery getting hot during last charge. Well, after about an hour on the charger I checked the batteries and none of them were warm or hot, BUT --- The battery that got hot last time I charged had small was making a little air bubble around one of the reservoirs... like maybe the fluid inside was boiling or at least having some kind of reaction? None of the other batteries were doing this. Odd thing is I just bought these batteries brand new about 2 months ago. Think I should just remove this one battery that appears problematic and bring it back to Academy - tell them it's bad and see if they'll replace it. What do you think? Quote
Super User F14A-B Posted March 3, 2015 Super User Posted March 3, 2015 Dude! Your battery is toast! Lol.. Replace it already... 1 Quote
Super User WIGuide Posted March 3, 2015 Super User Posted March 3, 2015 So I started charging the batteries today since draining them out Saturday in the tournament... I've been nervous to charge them since I found one battery getting hot during last charge. Well, after about an hour on the charger I checked the batteries and none of them were warm or hot, BUT --- The battery that got hot last time I charged had small was making a little air bubble around one of the reservoirs... like maybe the fluid inside was boiling or at least having some kind of reaction? None of the other batteries were doing this. Odd thing is I just bought these batteries brand new about 2 months ago. Think I should just remove this one battery that appears problematic and bring it back to Academy - tell them it's bad and see if they'll replace it. What do you think? Yep, I'd take it back and have them deal with it. I'd still check out your charger though to make sure you don't toast out the next one too. 2 Quote
martintheduck Posted March 4, 2015 Author Posted March 4, 2015 Dude! Your battery is toast! Lol.. Replace it already... Yep, I'd take it back and have them deal with it. I'd still check out your charger though to make sure you don't toast out the next one too. So the charger is bad. Need a new one. I leveled off the fluid in the supposed "bad batteries," and hooked up my friends charger to one of them. Still getting bubbling and a rotten egg smell. Would a faulty charger have "fried" my batteries irreparably? **My apologies for so many questions. I'm a complete novice when it comes to a large portion of electricity. Plus I'm trying to avoid pulling the batteries out the boat at all costs since it's a huge ordeal.... super tight squeeze and have to move the gas tank out of the way.... and it's a full 30 gallons at the moment. Quote
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