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| 1033.1 | | HPSCAD::WHITMAN | Acid rain burns my BASS | Thu Mar 16 1989 10:30 | 20 |
| < I recently acquired a trolling motor. Unfortunately it did not
< come with a battery.
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< Should I go to Sears and buy the Marine battery or would a any 12
< volt do the trick?
<
Buy a DEEP CYCLE battery. The standard auto battery does not like being
charged and discharged very often. Where you might get 15 or 20
charge/discharge cycles out of a standard battery, you should get over 100
out of the deep cycle battery. The auto battery is designed for a high
current discharge over a short period of time (i.e. cranking an engine over
when it's cold) whereas the deep cycle is designed to provide much less
current, but to discharge over a long periood of time...
For the price difference, but the one built for the job...
Al
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| 1033.2 | Where does one find DEEP CYCLE | JHNTHN::SAREN | | Thu Mar 16 1989 10:38 | 3 |
| AL,
Please, is DEEP CYCLE a brand name? Or is it a model? Can
I get one anywhere?
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| 1033.3 | y | LUDWIG::KERSWELL | | Thu Mar 16 1989 11:01 | 6 |
| in bass pro 80 amp deep cycle trolling 59.97
105 amp deep cycle trolling 69.97
battery box 7.97
Ronni
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| 1033.4 | Delco Voyager | SALEM::ALLORE | All I want is ONE shot! | Thu Mar 16 1989 11:44 | 4 |
| I believe K-Mart sells Delco Voyager batteries.
Don't know the price but they are a good battery.
Bob
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| 1033.6 | | STOWMA::LANGE | I'm on the 60 day plan | Thu Mar 16 1989 11:56 | 1 |
| The Delco Voyager at K-Mart are $64...and $69...
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| 1033.7 | Check it out | MPGS::NEAL | I'm the NRA | Thu Mar 16 1989 12:02 | 3 |
| see notes 419, 683 for more info.
Rich
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| 1033.8 | | WOODRO::PAPPALARDO | | Thu Mar 16 1989 16:39 | 6 |
| I grabbed a pamphlet from the "Delco" display at K Mart, they rate
the Voyager to out last the closest competition by 2,455 "AMP" hours.
Everyone seems to run these and they are a good value, I personally
have one to.
GP
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| 1033.9 | Another vote for Delco Voyager | FSHQA1::EPETERSEN | | Fri Mar 17 1989 15:17 | 3 |
|
I have the Delco Voyager, going for 3rd season, worth it.
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| 1033.10 | Great pr | SALEM::JUNG | | Fri Mar 17 1989 15:44 | 7 |
| SEARS has a deep cycle battery for marine use. This battery has
been reduced from 90 dollars to 54 dollars... every single day!!!
Captain: Team Grumman
(Jeff Jung)
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| 1033.11 | | ROBOAT::HEBERT | Captain Bligh | Mon Mar 20 1989 13:25 | 7 |
| I have two DieHard marine deep-cycle batteries. One is going into its fifth
season, the other into its sixth.
I feed them distilled water and the proper charge rate i.e. 10 amps then trickle
at 16 3/4 volts.
Art
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| 1033.12 | moved by moderator | MOSAIC::MACINTYRE | Terminal Angler | Thu Apr 20 1989 12:42 | 25 |
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Note 1112.0 Help/Trolling No replies
KYOA::PEREZ "Sub Dude.. " 20 lines 20-APR-1989 11:09
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I have just purchased a Sigma(Shakespeare) 25lb thrust trolling
motor.
It will only be pushing a 12ft light weight Flat Bottom John-Boat.
I am now ready to purchase a battery and battery charger.
Looking for responses to How Many amps.
I've seen Marine trolling batteries from 520amps to 720amps.
And chargers from 5amp to 10 amps.
I would like to be able to run the engine for at least a 3-4 hours
maximum at variable speeds.
Any advice???????
Thanks in advance
Tony
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| 1033.13 | A simple formula | VICKI::DODIER | | Thu Apr 20 1989 14:05 | 18 |
| re:12
The 500+ amp ratings are for what is called cold cranking amps.
This is the power available for a short amount of time to start a gas
engine.
What you want to look at is the amp hour rating of the battery
and the draw of the trolling motor and that will tell you approx. how
long a given battery will last on a given motor.
Let's say for easy figuring you got a 120 amp hr. battery and the
max. draw on the trolling motor was 30 amps at full throttle. You
would get approx. 4 hours use out of the battery before it needed
to be recharged.
i.e. 30 amps x 4 hrs. = 120 amp hrs.
RAYJ
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| 1033.14 | | SALEM::RIEU | Gone Trout Hunting | Fri Apr 21 1989 11:28 | 9 |
| Mac, I have the same motor you do. I bought a Sears Die Hard
on sale, forget which one, I'll check tonight. I think it was a
smaller one though.
I haven't come closeto wearing it down.
I also bought the Sears 2-10-50 Amp charger on sale. I like this
one because if you have a dead car and nothing to jump it with the
50 Amp setting will start it up.
Denny
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| 1033.15 | auto shutoff charger is a must!! | HPSCAD::BPUISHYS | Bob Puishys | Mon Apr 24 1989 09:35 | 11 |
| 4 hours on full draw is not much on a day like yesterday!!!
I have two AC-DELCO deep cycles. After an eight hour tournament
yesterday they were down below 25%. Even with a 24volt trolling motor
it was hard holding in the wind when they get that low!
Get a deep cycle and a charger that has two features: auto shutoff,
and a switch to trickle charge..
bassin Bob
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| 1033.16 | Holding a charge in storage | CASV01::PRESTON | Better AI than none at all | Wed Apr 26 1989 10:41 | 11 |
| Anybody know if a 4 amp charger can overcharge a deep cycle battery?
Also, has anybody noticed what sort of charge usually remains after
sitting in the basement for the winter? My one-year-old Die Hard,
according to my $.99 hygrometer, is down to � charge. Is that unusual?
(I put my battery on a piece of carpeting to keep it off the concrete,
BTW)
Thanks,
Ed
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| 1033.17 | a 4 amp charger could over charge if left on long enough | HPSCAD::BPUISHYS | Bob Puishys | Wed Apr 26 1989 11:23 | 6 |
| I left my batteries in the boat all winter.. the deep cycle
did not even need a charge, the acid water battery was down to
50% (year before the acid water was almost dead.)
Bassin Bob
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| 1033.18 | Re:16 Sounds about right | VICKI::DODIER | | Wed Apr 26 1989 11:26 | 5 |
| That happened the first year I had mine (placed it on a piece
of wood to get it off concrete). Now I charge mine at least once
or twice over the winter months.
RAYJ
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| 1033.19 | 2 questions? | CLUSTA::FAUCHER | | Thu Jul 13 1989 10:05 | 32 |
|
I have a question:
Typically, what is the amperage of a decent trolling deep cycle
battery?
The reason I ask this is because I have a acquired from a friend
a brand new 55 amp Deep Cycle battery (I have a shakespeare 20 lb.
thrust trolling motor for a 10' John boat). I have been reading
the previous replies and have noted folks mentioning 80+ amp
deep cycle trolling batteries...
I have used this battery only twice so far and it seems to have
held a charge decently (but twice is NOT a very good test
obviously).
So, if someone could tell me if a 55 seems to be decent, then I will
stick with it, but an 80 amp sounds so much better, sounds like
it would move the boat somewhat quicker, is this the case?
Also, this battery I have is sealed and has no indicator eye...
any ideas on a good way to tell if it is fully charged?
Right now (twice) I have let it charge until it has felt warm (not
a good way I know... but the only way at the time).
Thanks for any help.
Perry F.
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| 1033.21 | Same Speed, More Range | EDRON1::DOTY | Russ Doty, CTC | Thu Jul 13 1989 18:17 | 11 |
| Amp hour rating is how long the battery will last. All batteries
will drive the electric trolling motor at full speed -- when fully
charged. The difference is in HOW LONG the battery will drive the
motor at full speed. The bigger the battery, the more hours.
So, a big battery won't move you any faster -- but it will move
you farther!
(To get full speed out of the trolling motor, run BIG wire from
the battery to the motor. I used 6 gauge jumper cables to wire
mine...)
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