Lost charge in the middle of the lake

[fcotter]

I was driving my seadoo and it was running great. Pulled up to the boat, turned it off, switched passengers and it started and ran 10 minutes. Pulled up to the boat a second time, went to start - nothing - not even a beep for the key. Towed it back to the dock and that was it. It has a brand new battery! Aggghhh.

I actually have two seadoos and they both are draining the batteries. The batteries are new in both and both have discharged or drained the batteries. Could these be the wrong batteries? Or something else? I have 2002 bombardiers.

 

[Sportster-2001-951C-Stock]

Sounds like the internal charging system may not be operating, however....

Normal is 2 years for a good quality battery, inferior batteries simply won't cut the mustard. These are small batteries and cranking a jetski is no small task for them, they must be good quality and the terminals/cables must be in good condition, clean and torqued properly.