for those that have I-pilots and only use 1 = 12 volt battery. like a 55 lb thrust
what kind of time do you get out of a charge. maybe I should ask how many hours
of use == say if you long lining or got 6==8 mph wind and down lining
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for those that have I-pilots and only use 1 = 12 volt battery. like a 55 lb thrust
what kind of time do you get out of a charge. maybe I should ask how many hours
of use == say if you long lining or got 6==8 mph wind and down lining
Robert, I have never come close to running my battery down. Have run for several hours and still had plenty of reserve. Now the guys that pull cranks run faster and I can see that would draw it down faster, plus my boat is not real heavy.
I was never satisfied with the 12volt system. 1/2 way thru the day I would notice I needed to increase the power to keep speed. Now I run a 24volt trolling motor on 16'skiff. I run everything on the boat off those batts to keep weight down. I'm running a minn Kota 80# autopilot. I do have a question. The ipilot controller runs thru batts like I do fried chicken. Two full days and the batt in controller is dead. Anybody else have this problem? The batts the controller uses are expensive.
I don't have that problem Uncle Remus. It maybe due to size of your toon. :dono
That doesn't sound right. I ran mine for close to two years before installing a new one.Quote:
Originally Posted by REELDAWG
REELDAWG you don't run your DF off those 2 batteries do you?
Agreed. I ran across a thread on crappie.com from a few years back. Looks like minn Kota spaces a sony batt and not many others will work. http://www.crappie.com/crappie/fishi...lity-solution/
A battery last me about a year, maybe a little more. I always keep an extra in the boat.Quote:
Originally Posted by REELDAWG
Make sure when your done fishing hold the pause button down till the remote goes black.when I would just hold down the prop button to turn off remote I went thru a battery every 2 or 3 months.now one battery last all year.hope this helps you.
Eatmorecrappie, I have one battery under the front deck and one under the console. I use the one under the console as my "house" battery for all electronics and the big motor.