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Hey all,
I just got 2 new batteries for both of my jet ski's so they will be ready to go for the summer. Here is what is weird though. Last year when it got really cold, my warning light on my 99' Kawasaki Ultra 150 started blinking even though the jet ski was completely turned off. When I turned it on to start it, it had a dead battery and I figured it was because it got too cold outside and the battery had died and the warning light was just letting me know. Well, both batteries to my jet ski's were still under warranty so I got them replaced yesterday and installed them. The one on my stand up jet ski did great. However, on my Ultra 150, when I was installing the battery, The little eye ring attached to the battery cable that the small bolt goes through to bolt into the battery, snapped off of the positive cable. I went down and got a brass replacement from my auto parts store but had to solder the battery cable to the new eye outlet because it was slightly different. It could cot clamp to the wires so I heated up the brass fitting and filled it to the top with hot solder and then dipped the cable with the exposed wires into it and waited for the solder to dry and harden. Everything has worked great but when I installed the battery, the light was still blinking? I took the battery back out and put it on the charger over night. This morning it said it was fully charged even though the Ultra 150 started up and ran just fine yesterday with where the battery was charged at. This morning, same thing. I installed the battery and even though everything is turned off, the warning light still blinks but now so does certain other things on my instrument panel but the battery is fully charged and the ski starts up just fine and runs fine but I am really perplexed as to why the light is blinking when nothing is on? I have an on/off switch that takes a key to turn everything on and then I hit my start button but when the key is turned to off, there should be no power to anything? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jay
I just got 2 new batteries for both of my jet ski's so they will be ready to go for the summer. Here is what is weird though. Last year when it got really cold, my warning light on my 99' Kawasaki Ultra 150 started blinking even though the jet ski was completely turned off. When I turned it on to start it, it had a dead battery and I figured it was because it got too cold outside and the battery had died and the warning light was just letting me know. Well, both batteries to my jet ski's were still under warranty so I got them replaced yesterday and installed them. The one on my stand up jet ski did great. However, on my Ultra 150, when I was installing the battery, The little eye ring attached to the battery cable that the small bolt goes through to bolt into the battery, snapped off of the positive cable. I went down and got a brass replacement from my auto parts store but had to solder the battery cable to the new eye outlet because it was slightly different. It could cot clamp to the wires so I heated up the brass fitting and filled it to the top with hot solder and then dipped the cable with the exposed wires into it and waited for the solder to dry and harden. Everything has worked great but when I installed the battery, the light was still blinking? I took the battery back out and put it on the charger over night. This morning it said it was fully charged even though the Ultra 150 started up and ran just fine yesterday with where the battery was charged at. This morning, same thing. I installed the battery and even though everything is turned off, the warning light still blinks but now so does certain other things on my instrument panel but the battery is fully charged and the ski starts up just fine and runs fine but I am really perplexed as to why the light is blinking when nothing is on? I have an on/off switch that takes a key to turn everything on and then I hit my start button but when the key is turned to off, there should be no power to anything? Any suggestions would be much appreciated!
Thanks,
Jay
