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Walmart, group 31's.
Group 31's......and no they are not all the same.....get the ones with the highest reserve amp hr ratings you can find. Mine are five years old now and doing just fine.
G what brand you have?
What about golf cart battery's ?
I have Interstates......golf cart batterys are great if you have room for them
Memphis batteries sells Golf cart batteries at around $150 ech,,,, I've had mine 2 years and going strong,,,
I have plenty of room what size golf cart batteries do I need if I run two of them? Are they that much better than regular batteries
Call BRM .... he has a good deal on the cart batterys
More reserve amp hrs. so you get more running time......bigger is always better if you pull crankbaitsQuote:
Originally Posted by Crappiemaniac
I want to do it right the first time so that's why I'm asking I'm going to put him on board charger also
Put in.
Get a MinnKota charger....The newer models are digital and very easy on batterys....won't boil out the water like some do. I have a MinnKota 330D three bank charger. They are expensive but you get what you pay for.
bought my Genius Pro battery charger on eBay.... Great chRgers for the money and rated one of th best for on board type ..
I use cart batteries now and wont buy any other kind of batteries for my boat,, also have a minn kota 330 charger hooked to them
Thank y'all!
just bought 2 27DC2 deep cell batteries from Advance auto 106.99 apiece, 160 reserve hrs, if you go on line and get there coupon you can get 40.00 off each battery, (you will have to buy one, one day and the other the day after) Not sure how they will work yet, but "G" was saying highest reserve hrs. What I was told is that the numbers 24,27, 31 all mean dimensions of battery. I just took out 2 27's That were 140 hr reserve, lasted 4 years. Hope this helps
Yes...that is correct....but... the bigger the battery dimensions....the bigger the plates and also more plates and more acid....which equals more reserve amp hrs. or capacity.Quote:
Originally Posted by mongo82
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Originally Posted by "G"
^^^ I believe this is the answer. I've always got 2 years out of batteries.. Regardless of brand. I changed to one of those smart charger things that you leave plugged up 24/7 and is supposed to cycle? Or load? Or do something to the battery and this month makes 3 years on My batteries! Way I see it is the charger has paid for itself
The golf cart batteries have a whopping 292 reserve amp hrs. Reserve amp hrs are rated at 25% draw.
With 3 cart batteries, i can slow troll 3-4 days useing my terrova 112 without chargeing if i need to. I can run all over the place from 1- 3mph single poleing for 10hrs, and they will be fully recharged by the next morning. If weight isnt an issue in your boat, cart batteries are the way to go.
I got four years out of the Maxx marine group 29 batteries from Wal Mart.
I bought a stowaway battery back when they first came out from wal mart they were good back then as it lasted for over 5 or 6 years. It is unusual now to get half that many years from a well used trolling motor(marine) battery now days. Not to even talk about the lawn mower batteries not lasting from one season to the other. And another thing is why do car and truck batteries have a 5-6 year warranty and others like marine,lawn,and atv batteries only a 1-2 year warranty. I think they have a device in batteries that know when the warranty goes out and when you are in a bind and need them to work they just go dead. Good for battery sales bad for the buyer$$$$.
Here is a picture of a Stowaway battery like I had it even had a little glass on the top that indicated the battery charge. If the indicator was green good to go if red needed charging. I don't even know if they still make these as our wal mart stopped selling them years ago.
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Sorry for all the edited and deleted posts. I had to get my daughter to show me what I was doing wrong. I am not good with computers yet; Scrat
How do you get the $40 off??Quote:
Originally Posted by mongo82