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General => General Discussion => Topic started by: Crestliner16 on April 27, 2021, 02:45:41 AM
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I'm considering going to lithium batteries. I have a 16 foot aluminum boat, nothing fancy. I have a 24 volt 80# Terrova and using two 31 group wet cells. These are dedicated to the TM. Are lithium batteries that much better? Any input is appreciated.
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The 2 biggest advantages I’ve read is weight reduction and more usable power (they run at full power until they shut off vs a wet cell that slows down over the run time ...
Disadvantages are cost and not every charger will work with lithium ...
Rickie
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Crestliner,
I have a 1648 (16') Tracker and recently had to upgrade my AGMs. They were Optima Blue top D34.
I run a outboard jet and weight was the main reason for switching to Lithium. Saved 50lbs.
This is what I am running from 2 batteries:
24v trolling motor Minn Kota Terrova 80lb
Started a 40hp outboard motor
Powered electronic Humminbird Helix 9 Gen3
Some LED navigation lights
I only have 5 trips on the lithium setup so far I do not have much data. So far I am happy with them.
It does worry me that lithium's will run and just shut off like Rickie described. I went with similar sized lithiums, 50AHs, & should have gone with the next size up for peace of mind.
But they are so light. I was able to pick one up like palming a basketball.
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are you running just one 54 ah for 80 lb terrova trolling motor?
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i am curious as my propsed plan is to run one 24 v 50 ah lthium on 80 lb terrova for trolling motor
and one seperate 12v for starting and electronics,wonder if anyone has done same ?? comments?
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I'm running 2 50AH lithium batteries in a 24v configuration for the trolling motor. I couldn't put a single 24v due to the layout of my boat.
I heard it's not a good idea to run your electronics (fish finders) from a battery used for your starting motor. Can anyone back me up on this?
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can cause interefence/noise on the graph when hooked up on same battery
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These batteries only operate the Terrova. I have a separate battery for my electronics.
Thanks for the tip. Every little thing helps.
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papaco how long do you get out of the two 50 ah batteries on your trolling motor?? do you care to share model and make of battery
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I don't have enough time using them to provide a full evaluation, but I ran them on my 24v 80lb Minn Kota for 2 hours straight on 4-5 speed and the battery test indicator on motor had 3 out of 4 bars.
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I think that is fairly accurate. I have the same setup only using lead acid batteries. I tend run pretty fast at times,and we usually fish at least eight hours. I was using 31 group Walmart batteries. For the money I believe I get a good three years or more. Since one was broken I'm needing new batteries.
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can you guys share make and model of your lithium batteries?
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I went with 2 Chargex 12v 50AH lithium batteries.
Had to get a new charger and went with NOCO Genius GENPRO10X2.