I replaced my fuel tank carpeting 4 months ago and the carpet on the passenger side tank has some spots that are melted. I posted the problem with a picture on another forum, and some members are saying that the reflection of the sun off my billet battery box is what's melting the carpet. Is this even possible? Some spots look almost as if someone took a soldering iron to the carpet. I don't have any fuel leaks that I am aware of. I was disconnecting the battery as I was thinking that I maybe had some sort of electrical short in the boat.

I don't think that the battery box would do that.. You would think that the spot would be bigger than that. How old is that battery?

I posted info on this over at pb...I had reflection off my breather which caused burns. On the right underneath you can see it starting..


This is after a couple times before I fiqured it out...

I put a small round piece of vinyl on the top of the breather and its fixed...