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Old October 21st, 2007, 02:54 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
BIG FISH 2006
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My trolling motor batteries only last about 2 1/2 hours at tops, I have
a 24 volt system, how long should I be able to troll at low- med. speed?
with a 65 lbs. thrust motor. Do you think I should get bigger batteries,
mine are small everstarts.

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Old October 21st, 2007, 06:10 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
Jerry Barton
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Check the size of your feed wire, it could be too small. Should be at least
#8.

"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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My trolling motor batteries only last about 2 1/2 hours at tops, I have
a 24 volt system, how long should I be able to troll at low- med. speed?
with a 65 lbs. thrust motor. Do you think I should get bigger batteries,
mine are small everstarts.

matthew 4:19
follow me and I will make you fishers of men.



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Old October 21st, 2007, 07:49 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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I do have # 8 feed wire, the boat is a 20ft. javelin with a 200 hp
johnson, should I try some new larger batteries.

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Old October 21st, 2007, 09:14 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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BF. . .you should be able to run that thing 8 hours with a 24 vold system. I
have same and drag my 2K lbs. Champion around for nearly a day and a half
with a full charge. I'm not very mechanically minded but there's a few
things to check out. Some may sound pretty basic. 1- make sure connects on
battery post are clean. Maybe not getting a full charge. check charge with a
meter to make sure you are getting them way up. Also make sure no breaks in
wires from battery charger. Do you have an on board system? Check charger
out as well. Went through same thing this spring. I hate to tell you I
replaced battery charger and batteries before I found out a loose connector
on end of battery charger wire. Cost me about $400 I didn't need to spend.
Sounds basic but that's what burned me. Good luck

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Old October 21st, 2007, 10:15 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
BIG FISH 2006
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I do have an onboard charger, and the indicator lights are green when at
a full charge. I just got home from sears and I looked at bigger
batteries, I have 24 and I looked at 29's I think mine might have a bad
cell, because I see water comming out the top of one.

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Old October 21st, 2007, 11:37 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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My trolling motor batteries only last about 2 1/2 hours at tops, I have
a 24 volt system, how long should I be able to troll at low- med. speed?
with a 65 lbs. thrust motor. Do you think I should get bigger batteries,
mine are small everstarts.


Oh man, you should be getting a LOT more time from your batteries with a 24
volt system! I had a 24 volt, 65 lb. thrust MinnKota trolling motor and
used it for four days on a trip in Canada without charging it. It was
fairly weak by the end of four days, but it was still usable.

I'm running Group 31 batteries and I've never had a day when I've run out of
battery before I ran out energy to fish.....

Everstart makes a decent battery, but they have to be sized for the job.
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Old October 22nd, 2007, 02:28 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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On Oct 21, 9:54 am, (BIG FISH 2006) wrote:
My trolling motor batteries only last about 2 1/2 hours at tops, I have
a 24 volt system, how long should I be able to troll at low- med. speed?
with a 65 lbs. thrust motor. Do you think I should get bigger batteries,
mine are small everstarts.

matthew 4:19
follow me and I will make you fishers of men.


How old are your batteries? They don't last forever. Is the fluid
low? Something is wrong - not the size of the batteries, but
something making them lose power way too fast.

Ronnie

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Old October 22nd, 2007, 02:54 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
BIG FISH 2006
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Is group 31 a large battery? how do they effect the performance of the
boat.

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Old October 22nd, 2007, 03:18 AM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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one is 3 years old and one is less than a year, I left them in the boat
with the onboard charger hooked up all winter, one battery for some
reason exploded, I think maybe it was low on water.

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Old October 22nd, 2007, 01:40 PM posted to rec.outdoors.fishing.bass
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"BIG FISH 2006" wrote in message
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Is group 31 a large battery? how do they effect the performance of the
boat.


I don't think a Group 31 is an overly large battery, I've got three of them
in the aft compartment of my Triton, plus a starting battery. As far as
affecting performance, I don't think you'll notice much if any difference.
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