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    Posted: 17 Sep 2015 at 9:04pm
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We drilled weeping holes also!
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Posts: 767 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Sep 2015 at 2:05pm
An inch or two of water sitting in the bottom of the battery box isn't going to hurt the battery in the slightest.  I suppose the box could fill and the water might cause a short across the terminals... but the odds are extremely low.  All the same, you may want to do what I did: drill some weeping holes in the bottom of the battery box.
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Posts: 274 		Direct Link To This Post Posted: 17 Sep 2015 at 1:15pm
The battery boxes sit right where the rain run off pours onto them and because they have little vents water does get into the boxes. Is this a problem in any way? Could it damage the batteries? The trailer? Be dangerous? (I have read the grounding warning.)
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