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    Default Does 12.5V remaining mean I only used 10% of charge?

    Barnacle Bill posted this chart awhile back on a prior battery question I posted. Today I fished for 5 hours using my 40-lb thrust motor, spending about half of that trolling on low and the other half using the trolling motor to make a lot of small changes to boat position. In addition I probably used the trolling motor on medium for about 1 mile getting to/from my fishing grounds.

    I expected the trolling motor to be more depleted at the end of the trip, but I checked it with a voltmeter a half hour after leaving the water and the steady state voltage was 12.5v. Does that mean I really only used 10% of the charge? The battery had a full charge before leaving. I charge it when I get home, then give it a top-off or trickle charge if it has been more than a few days.

    Last edited by wasabi; 04-18-2015 at 09:29 PM.

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