Thread: Battery Box and Water

<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE</div><div class='quotemain'>Back to camel_landy's comments. If you flood the battery box covering the terminals, then the battery would short and discharge. And quickly discharge completely in the case of an AGM (Odyessy, Optima) type of battery. Or am I missing something?[/b][/quote]

Errr.... How long do you intend keeping the vehicle under water for??? 8O

Even if it's a long river crossing where the truck is submerged up to its windows, you shouldn't have a problem... Just drain the water out when you get to the other end.

If you want to get technical... V=IR. Although water can act as a conductor, the resistance is quite high so the loss is fairly minimal.

If you're still paranoid about getting the batteries wet... Just make sure that you've got a decent seal for the lid. Having a good seal here won't prevent water getting in but it will certainly slow the ingress down.

Mark.

Thanks camel_landy for the explanation.