Best Battery for motor

[Corkie Monster]

Got a electric trolling motor and was wondering what the best Battery for around $100.00 for a Minkota 12 volt 50lb thrust. On a 16 ft Aluminum DB. graemlins/idea.gif

[DK]

corkie monster, if you got the room get your self 2 6 volt batteries, get a short cable run one _ and one + together then the two remaining will give you a + and a - and now have 12 volts with double the amps and will troll strong all day just an idea ,DK

[Travis Moncrief Fins Feathers Furs]

Corkie Monster

I use electic motors alot and the best batteries I have found are a "dry cell "battery. What you run into with electric motors and batteries is that every time you charge your battery you shorten its daily life span. Now with myself I charge just about every day and would end up buying about 3 new sets of batteries a year because they begin to hold less and less of a charge. Dry cells are guaranteed to up to 500 charges with no memory. They are also about half the size and weight of a regular group 30 12 volt battery

The brand I have is called Thunderbolt, have had them for two years and still going strong but I think they are no longer around, there are other brands. Now they are a little more than you want to spend, but well worth it. Heck just the size and weight benefit is worth the money. Make sure it is a dry cell not a gell cell.

Good luck

Travis

[HOGTIDE]

Might want to e-mail Pilar. For some reason, I recall that he had a wealth of battery knowledge...used to make 'em or somehting like that.....I think it was pilar :whazzup:

[1pump]

What DK is describing is a series-parallel setup. Not much advantage to it 'cuz of the extra weight and expense.

[hustlerrjim]

Get a battery that weighs at least 100 pounds hook it up to your electric motor and throw it over the side at the first deep hole,
this will make a lot of people happy that are trying to drift the river with out two way traffic

[Corkie Monster]

Hustlerjim

Not planing to use it drifting, planning to use it in tide water or lakes. :mad: I guess there is always sombody out there to assume things. Anyway, thanks for the info everyone.

[TheTexan]

Corkie,

Go to this web page and look around. this is for RVing, but I found it useful and lots of good info.

http://bart.ccis.com/home/mnemeth/12volt/12volt.htm

[ 01-01-2003, 09:12 PM: Message edited by: ex-tex ]

[Flatfish]

Corkie,
Don't be mad at Jim. I wound him up earlier today.
I assumed the same thing, but did not say anything.

Mark and the dog

[ 01-01-2003, 09:28 PM: Message edited by: Flatfish ]

[Kaptn Ken]

:mad: Wow! :mad:

[Corkie Monster]

Just one of my peaves, People getting bent before they know the facts. Besides, did I say anything about using it in a river. Sorry, I just get irratated with all the negativity.

[Kaptn Ken]

:grin: Ex Tex...Thanks for the link...I learned something today!! And I thought I knew it all!!!

(Don't tell my kids...OK!?)

Just bought a new camper and want to keep my 2 Deep Cycles working as long as possible!!!

PL Ken
:cheers:

[Corkie Monster]

Thanx Ex-Tex. Now I have some reading material tonight. :grin:

[BigBeanCounter]

Corkie...

There was a thread all about batteries within the last couple of weeks. Just search for it. It had a lot of good info.

For what it's worth, dealing with $*#&$* who don't bother to wait until all the facts are in before throwing out their opinions is an unfortunate downside of this fantastic forum... :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

[rebell]

For $150.00 you can get a Rolls Battery. These are the best on the market. You can expect 1300 cycles (fishing trips) out of 1 battery. They also have a 7 year warranty.

With any battery maintence is everything. So when you make your choice as to wich brand of battery you want, make sure you have a good charger to maintain it. Not all chargers work properly on all types of batteries.

Try semarine.com or call Larry Jenke at 503-543-7710. Larry knows more about batteries and chargers than anyone I have ever known.

[Corkie Monster]

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