looking to get a new Terrova I-pilot. What would be better 12 or 24v? I'll either be long lining or spider rigging 80% of the time in an 1760 aluminium boat.
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looking to get a new Terrova I-pilot. What would be better 12 or 24v? I'll either be long lining or spider rigging 80% of the time in an 1760 aluminium boat.
I would go with the 24 all the way. You are going to long line that is a lot of trolling mtr. time and you don't want to run out or not have enough power to achieve the speed you want. :popcorn
24v would pull harder and last longer than 12v. Does cost more and you'll need 2 12v batteries(more $$$$ and weight). But if your boat can handle it, I'd get 24v.
24v for sure!
24 is definitely better.
24v. Add two new batteries up front for weight. I have a bass tracker and the weight up front made it fish 100 percent better
12 is plenty but 24 is better. You can also run a 12V motor with two 12V batteries wired in parallel.
I run a 12 volt I pilot with to batteries in parallel and can pull crank baits all day and still have plenty of battery.
Joey, how do you wire them up? I also have a 12 volt I pilot. Plenty of power, but one battery often does not last all day so I carry a spare and swap them out. Would be nice it I could just leave it hooked up.
I have had both, 24 volt much better performance.
If you are running a 12 volt motor and want to hook 2 batteries together that is called Parallel wired . Connect both Positives from both together and then both negatives together then you can have plenty of power. You will be able to charge both batteries at the same time also. I would recommend putting a 60 amp circuit breaker in one of the jumper cables for safety reasons. You should be able to use short jumper cables form the auto store.
I agree totally......Quote:
Originally Posted by TomTom1
Cwright I bought some short battery cables and ran them positive to positive then negative to negative and then wired trolling motor up to that. I added a box towards the front of the boat bc there was enough room in the back of boat. I hope this helps.
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Originally Posted by cwright
so..I have a problem with my battery not lasting long enough....if I buy another battery...place it next to my current(get it) battery...connect the new to the old battery in parallel...do I have to do anything to the trolling motor?.....and this will get me some extra time....and then how would the circuit breaker be installed? Thanks...signed..not a genius.LOL
Not usually a good idea to have a new battery connected to an old battery ... weakest link theory. Two new batteries of close manufacturing age is the better idea.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
If your current trolling motor is 12V ... two batteries connected in parallel would work fine, and give you longer trolling time. I would think the circuit breaker would still be placed inline between the batteries & trolling motor ... on the wires coming off the batteries, close to the batteries.
... cp :kewl
thanks for the advice...and my on board charger...if it is not a 3 bank charger(I have a cranking batt. and a trolling batt. now) do I need a 3 bank charger being as that there are 3 batteries......?Quote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
and when I hook these batteries in parallel the trolling motor is connected like it was previously but to the neg on one battery and the positive on the other battery and the circuit breaker would be added.....am I correct on this?
I don't think so, but I'd ask someone else who's more qualified to answer that ... maybe someone like "Catfan".Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
But, I have found this :
http://www.batterytender.com/assets/...ic/series9.gif
This 12-volt battery pack is connected to a single 12-volt charger. Note the blue wire designated W1. The purpose of this wire is to balance the voltage drop evenly across both batteries and each wire during charging. This is not critical for lower current chargers, but when you start to get into the 10 amp and above range, the voltage differential can be significant. The blue wire W1 must be connected to the opposite end of the battery pack as the black wire at the top of the battery pack.
... cp :kewl
Thanks CPQuote:
Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
Thanks for asking, Fishervet ... I would never have known about the "blue wire" setup, had I not researched the 12V parallel charging setup to answer your question. I may go this same route, myself, as my MK220 onboard charger puts out 10a per lead (2 leads). I would have thought that simply hooking up one neg lead to the neg post of one battery & the positive lead to the positive post of the other would have been the correct way to go. Looks like I would have been incorrect in my assumption. Now I know better !! And it may not just be good info for the two of us, as there may be others that can benefit from this.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
... cp :kewl
That will work great. I agree with Crappie Pappy on the charger hook up and yes the two bank charger will work fine, it will just take longer to charge the twin batteries is all.Quote:
Originally Posted by fishervet
Learned a lot from this thread. Thanks guys.Quote:
Originally Posted by dfar
24v is the way to go. I have a 65 lb Minn Kota PowerDrive V2 and forgot to plug in the onboard charger after trolling all day. Still had enough juice left to troll the whole next day. My boat is a Crestliner 1750 Fish Hawk.
Can I use one 12v charger on two batteries in SERIES? If so how? I have a minn kota double 12v onboard charger would like to use it for the 2 batteries in series plus boat starting battery. Time required to charge is not a problem for me. would like to run 12v anchor off the two batteries that are tied in series. Just changed to 24volt trolling motor.
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Originally Posted by minnowtime
I don't think I'd run a 12V anchor motor off a 24V battery system. You'd probably burn something up :yikesQuote:
Originally Posted by minnowtime
And everything I've read says you have to "unhook" the two 12V batteries from each other and charge them separately if using one 12V charger. And all the schematics I've seen show a 24V charger hooked up to two 12V batteries in series.
... cp :kewl
thank yall, appreciate all the info. will probably go with the 24v
Didn't know about wiring in parallel that negative should come from one batt and possibly from the other. Will change that around tomorrow.
And get the 24v. I'm looking to sell my 12v 55lb ipilot now to get a 24v.
If you have 2 batteries in series (24v) you can hook to one of the batteries and get 12 volts for the anchors. Use the lower battery in the series chain.
What is you 12 volt you are selling and how old
It's a 12v 52" riptide 55lb. with Ipilot. It's an older legacy model that I converted into a powerdrive V2 so I could add the Ipilot. Not sure what year it is. I'd have to check the model number. PM me for further details & price.