I am thinking about getting one Lithium Ion deep cycle battery for my trolling motor, 45 minn kota edge. Has anyone used these and how good are they? How many amps should I get and what brand? Any input would be great, Thank you
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I am thinking about getting one Lithium Ion deep cycle battery for my trolling motor, 45 minn kota edge. Has anyone used these and how good are they? How many amps should I get and what brand? Any input would be great, Thank you
Can't help you in what you should get but I have two 100AH battleborn's and I think they're awesome.
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12volt or 24 volt trolling motor? How much trolling or long lining jigs or crankbaits do you do?
I want a 12 volt 100 AMP! I will be trolling about 8 hours a day, on about 2 on the trolling motor, in strong winds , I will be on 4 or 5! I want to make the initial investment and get it over with, a good battery will out live me at my age! Do you have a brand that is good? I have been reading so much about them, that I am back at square one again. Thanks for any input! Have a great Christmas!Quote:
Originally Posted by cevans
Amped has good batteries at a good price for lithiums. The 100 would be great for your 45 trolling motor. Just be sure you have a lithium battery charger to go with it.Quote:
Originally Posted by gi53
I’m using 2 -100 amp lithium IONIC batteries on my 12 volt MK 55 amp power drive v2 with Ipilot and sometimes get 2 full days out of them without taking them down to 15% to 20% left in them. I also have a 100 amp for starting my 25 hp electric/trim/tilt Yamaha and all my electronics. I run a HB g2n SI on bow, run up front Mega 360, 7 DI G3N for charts/2d, 10 DI G4N! 12 DI G4N and waiting on Mega Live as I have it ordered and never run the 100 amp below 65-75% per day. What I really like about IOnic is their phone app. You can set everything the batteries are using as well as charging times..amps pulling, time left in the batteries..a lot of other info also. I been running these now 2 full years. I will never go back to wet cells ever.
2022-2-HOME - Drewcraft LLC Call Drew and he has a big sell going right now. Here is pics of a 20 amp on the phone I brought to the house of the phone app.
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If you check that phone app on that 20 amp battery I have only 2 charging cycles used and these are good for a several thousand complete charging cycles with 11 yr warantee. The batteries might out live me as I’m 72. :Rofl
You can also hook any size lithium battery of the same make in paralllel for 12 volt if 100 amps is not enough. The reason I say same make is so that the bms systems of each battery is matching. There are lots of good lithium batteries now on the market to choose from.
Love my Ionics.
thank you for the input, I decided to go with a Ampere Time 100 AMP hour battery and a BLE battery monitor and a NOCO Genius 10 charger, does that sound like a good setup or is theere somethin wrong? Thanks again for the input!
I have the NOCO charger. Works great. I have combo battery types, lithium and SLA. I just select the type to charge.Quote:
Originally Posted by gi53
I dont have a battery monitor. Time to go home when tm shuts down. I have AMPED 60ah on 2 boats. No issues.
I have a Noco 10 amp single bank and a Noco 20 amp 2 bank and you will enjoy your setup! :cheers2
I also love my ionics
Since you are in new york, make sure whatever battery you choose has LOW TEMP CHARGING PROTECTION. Not all do, and some of the amazon ones claim to but do not (check youtube reviews where they dismantle them). If you try to charge one that is below 33deg F you will immediately damage the cells which will not be covered by any warranty.
Also pick a battery with an actual company behind it, in case you do ever have to use the warranty. A lot of the amazon lithium batteries are just rebranded batteries sold by distributors in cali, with no real company behind them to back them up years down the line.
I bought Ionic through drewcraft. The Ionic manual says to use a charger that outputs 1/10 the capacity of the battery. So 5A for a 50AH or 10A for a 100AH, they can handle a lot more but it claims this is optimal. I bought the noco gen5, amazing how small it is.
Here is a video on the battery you have decided on, doesn't sound great and definitely does not have low temp protection 12V "Ampere Time" LiFePO4 Battery Teardown - YouTube Your fishing might be done until spring unless you have a heated garage.
I live on the east coast around Elizabeth City , NC about 10 months a year and this is the only place I will be using the boat. I would be down here permanent but the wife is not ready do to the grand kids! I saw that video, it was very informative, the reason I got that one he said he would pass that battery but for no cold sensor, he said it was built good other than that. I don't fish in super cold weather anymore, old bones won't take it any more. Thank you very much for the input, and you have a Marry Christmas and a happy New Year! Good luck with your fishing adventures!
He actually recommends this as a budget battery option. AmpereTime, Chins, and Zooms are pretty much the same battery.Quote:
Originally Posted by Kevin22
Of course - no low temperature charging protection as previously discussed. If you’re in a warm part of the country - not a big deal.
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I understand the warm climate not needing it, I read his location that said new york so that is why I emphasized it so much.. my fault.
There is still little chance I would give $350-500 for a battery from a company that might not be in business in 6 months. The way those companies run are just like most chinese distribution companies, they rent a warehouse in southern california and run their business out of it until they either have enough bad reviews to close or the gov gets them for tax evasion and they close. They are often owned by chinese businesses and sell the same products under several different names. When one closes down, the others take over until they can change the name/packaging and open again. A warranty from any of these companies is useless, you basically have your amazon warranty which in the case of lithium batteries is "please ship it back to xyz warehouse" they do not provide a shipping label on them so you are out about $50 in shipping (Will actually talks about this in a couple videos). All of these types of batteries come from the same two warehouses in cali, with about 10 "companies" running in the same warehouse.
I researched lithium batteries for a while before making my purchase, I was either going Dakota (legit USA company but expensive), Amped outdoors (china rebrand but legit company), or Ionic (china made but not rebranded batteries, legit US company). I went with Ionic because of all the positive reviews from people who have had them for a couple years.