#2359678 - 08/08/08 05:13 PM
Trolling Motor Battery Life
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LouisB
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What size trolling motor battery will last all day pushing a canoe and one person around (upstream calm river) with a 28 or 35 pound thrust trolling motor with a little left at the end of a long day . . . JUST in case?
This is off and on running (fishing in between) during the day
Edited by LouisB (08/09/08 10:08 AM)
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#2360583 - 08/09/08 08:43 AM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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Only a gel battery, if your to run it at top speed.
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#2360665 - 08/09/08 10:11 AM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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LouisB
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Watch4bear
Any hints of brand name, amp/hour ratting??
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#2361649 - 08/09/08 10:02 PM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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Get a Group 27 Exide deep cycle. Had them in my travel trailer for 7 years now and their going strong still.
Trojan would also be a very good choice.
Edited by 17ACKLEYBEE (08/09/08 10:17 PM)
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#2361856 - 08/10/08 06:18 AM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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GPA
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Go to a NAPA store...take all your motor info; they will take care of you.
NAPA set me up with a Premium DP Marine/RV battery, model 270CM. Works great!
Good Luck,
GPA
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#2361873 - 08/10/08 06:29 AM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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prostrate8
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I'm on my third trolling battery for my pond prowler which is going to have pretty similar run times to a canoe. There are a bunch of different batteries that will do what you are asking. The most important thing is to keep the battery charged when sitting for ANY period of time. I went through my first two batteries, each lasting a couple years each. *If* I made sure to charge them before storing them and maintain the charge a couple times during the winter or use a solar charger to constantly trickle/maintain I bet I could have doubled their life. Toward the end of their life I was getting 1/3rd of the run time I would get on a fresh battery. Rowing a quarter mile on a windy lake is not only miserable, but also very scary.
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#2393957 - 08/26/08 02:19 PM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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tzone
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I have 3 group 27 Interstate batteries for my boat. They have held up real well so far. I fish a river with windy conditions most times and have not run out of battery yet.
They work good.
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#2427653 - 09/11/08 04:16 AM
Re: Trolling Motor Battery Life
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Go to a NAPA store...take all your motor info; they will take care of you.
NAPA set me up with a Premium DP Marine/RV battery, model 270CM. Works great!
Good Luck,
GPA
I have had the same experience as GPA with NAPA. Their batteries work great.
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