Trolling motor battery question for you guys

**maachuu** · 03-10-2011, 02:30 PM

Originally Posted by G3 Fisherman

If you do that....put the tender on the cranking battery and run both banks on your onboard charger to the two TM batteries......... A tender will not charge a TM battery right.....a tender is just to maintain a charge.

gotcha G

**"G"** · 03-10-2011, 02:34 PM

Now....If you want to do this right.........you need to go buy
1. a Terrova
2. two new Trojan group 31's
3. a three bank charger with at least 10 amps per bank
4. rewire your boat with 6 guage battery wireing
5.install 60 amp Minn Kota circuit breaker

Now.....you go get all this this week and we can tell you what you need next week, lol

**steve48** · 03-10-2011, 02:40 PM

If your batt. is a deep cycle I would get another just like it and connect them together. If not a deep cycle, get one. starter batt. won't hold up for trolling

**maachuu** · 03-10-2011, 02:41 PM

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG man ease up on me

ifn i wuzzin gonna do all dat, can you say "new boat"

**maachuu** · 03-10-2011, 02:42 PM

heck G, I might just go ahead and buy your boat so you will have room for that new one

**"G"** · 03-10-2011, 02:42 PM

Originally Posted by maachuu

GGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG man ease up on me

ifn i wuzzin gonna do all dat, can you say "new boat"

Thats what I am gonna do, lol

**maachuu** · 03-10-2011, 02:43 PM

Originally Posted by steve48

If your batt. is a deep cycle I would get another just like it and connect them together. If not a deep cycle, get one. starter batt. won't hold up for trolling

yea, I have one deep cycle and one cranking battery

**"G"** · 03-10-2011, 02:47 PM

If you have more than one TM battery.....It is always best that they both be the same age, same kind, and same size. Otherwise if you were to just get one new one and connect it with the one you have ( it will work) but your weaker battery will pull the other one down and you will not gain the extra hours trolling time that you would get the other way.

**EmptyStringer** · 03-10-2011, 03:10 PM

I was just in a battery store in Southaven (Batteries Plus). They had "Extreme" group 31's for $99. Said they are made by exide. Wonder if they're any count?
Deep Cycle - Marine and Boat - Batteries Plus

**Wannabe...** · 03-10-2011, 03:38 PM

I swear Maachuu, if you're gonna skip my classes, don't come crawling back here and asking these folks for their notes.

Wannabe...

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