Anyone use the cheap lithium batteries from amazon,189.00 for trolling motors?
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Anyone use the cheap lithium batteries from amazon,189.00 for trolling motors?
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Originally Posted by oldsporty
Never heard of anyone using them but the phrase "you get what you pay for" screams out to me.
I'll know in a couple months. I just put to Li Time 100ah in my boat. Have not been out yet. If they don't do good, I'll replace with 2 new Everstarts from Walmart. I'm not paying $700-900 for a 12v battery, so I'm taking the chance on $250 batteries.
Have you watched the youtube videos by Will Prowse? If not, take a look. Very tempting (and interesting) stuff out there. Good luck.
I've got bargain brand batteries in my boat. Redodo Power "Justin5" will get you 5% off. I've also got another bargain brand. No real reason to go with a "premium brand" other than saying "I only run XXXXXX brand "
Currently have one ECO-Worthy 50ah LifePo4 battery that I'm using for my Livescope setup. I'll know after a few trips whether or not it's gonna be worth the $159 I paid for it.
And, of course, after seeing it on my FB feed & clicking on the link to check it out, I'm seeing 3-4 different other brands almost daily. :biggrin
I’ve recently installed 3 Amazon batteries 100ah for 24v TM and one for electronics. It’s going on the 4th month using them and I can’t say one thing bad about them. I push my TM hard chasing open water fish @ 2-2.5mph for 6-8 hours each trip. I try to fish 2-3 days every week and I have been impressed. No issues and there’s around 50-60% left after each trip. Just remember to chose some batteries that has Bluetooth capabilities so you can check state of charge. And some with a BMS to protect them.
I run a Dakota 60Ah for my Livescope.
Pricey but no complaints so far.
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:popcorn, I’m deciding a course of action next summer.
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Originally Posted by CrappiePappy
The Eco-Worthy batteries caught my eye when I was looking. I was always curious regarding them.
I have had real good success with the deep cycle Vatrer brand. They also have really good tech support. Good BMS systems.
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I have a set of Epoch. That I bought last summer. Certainly no complaints here. 12v 100ah. Replaced 2 group 27 deep interstates. Average amount of trolling would drop them to between 45 or 50% charge. The lowest I have gotten the lithium. Is to 60 %. Lots of weight savings also.
Nothing is cheap in price anymore but when my big 27 wet cells quit I will be looking and researching here for best prices for what is working for you all.
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First trip with the new LiTimes on the trolling motor. Used 4 hours. Went well. No surprise that it felt like more power as my old acid 27s were way past their prime and serious corrosion issues on the terminals. New NOCO 5X3 did fine overnight.
Lithium batteries explode into flame throwers and are impossible to put out with a boat fire extinguisher or water. Dont ever buy cheap lithium batteries for anything. You have no idea what hack job they did assembling that battery over in china, and it will be using recycled (reused) battery cells. Check YouTube for videos of people opening them up to see what is inside, some are downright scary! All it takes is a short internally due to shotty soldering/welding job to make one of those cells overheat (or the cell to go bad and the bms not cut power) and now your boat is going to erupt in fire that you can do nothing about.
A battery built to be cheap is not what you want to mess with.
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I think we are talking LiFe batteries for our boats.
My LiTime 12V 100AH has been great. I get over 6 hours on a single battery trolling for crappie. Have had 0 issues whatsoever. They also have sales for around $230 on Amazon from time to time. They charge great on my Minn Kota Precision charger.
I bought the Litime 12v 100ah that is labelled "Trolling Motor" on the battery, and is TM in product description. It is supposed to have a BMS that allows 300a for 5 seconds, so it could be used to "jump" a weak cranking battery. I hope to never have to do that again, but I keep a small pair of jumper cables just in case.
Yes, we are...Quote:
Originally Posted by Ranger690
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Been following this with interest. I have been researching lithium batteries for a long time. At this time I am not ready to make the jump.....but may in the future. But what I have found out is it is a crap shoot....cheap or high dollar. Seems that BMS on many batteries do not work as advertised. Take a look at this guys Youtube channel and see if your battery brand is one he has tested.
www.youtube.com/@iceholepower8012
Regards
I have the ionics 100 amp hour it's been awesome. I run 4 12 in graphs one on livescope right at 50% on 8 hours fishing. Going to replace my 27 group with a less expensive lithium batteries. Following along
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I tried 3 no name from Amazon, on a 36 V TM. Worked great when they worked , BUT , often one or more would
shut down after re charging. Voltage would read 0 on one or more of the 3. Got frustrated and went to Walmart and bought
3 old school batteries . Contacted the seller and got a big run around, they are still sitting in my garage.
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I think competetion will bring the lithium battery prices down from where they started out. The cheaper batteries as with other lead acid batteries will sometimes fail. The high priced name brands have failures too. Having a dealer to support your purchase is more important than the name or manufacturer of the battery. I have one 100ah Ionic with bluetooth . No issues yet. Purchased from Central KY Sonar, Nicholasville KY. If I do have a problem, I got someone to go to. Support your local busineses. You may pay more but you will get more.
There are newer and better batteries being developed all the time. Do a search for them and be amazed. Like one for your electric car that you can drive coast to coast 3 times without recharging. Or was it 2 times. I forget. Either way thats amazing.
I power troll and pull cranks a lot. I bought the Wiezz Lithium on Amazon. They had a sale for $220 a piece for the 100 AH. My old lead batteries would run out of juice by lunch time. These new ones last all day and and still shows fully charged on the min Kota battery monitor.You could fish them two days in a row easy. I haven’t looked back. I had a Buddy recommend them who guides. He has had them for a couple of years with no issues. They say that they have the same makings as the expensive ones. After my experience I wouldn’t waste the money on the expensive ones. Only downfall with them I’ve had is they aren’t blue tooth.
I too like the Weize 100AH lithium on Amazon. Between my neighbor and I we have bought 4 of them. Work great!Quote:
Originally Posted by Bigdawg1988
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I also have a pair of them for my trolling motor batteries. So far,so good.
I also have an Ionics 125 AH for outboard, accessories and electronics.
What size outboard?Quote:
Originally Posted by lowe rider
I've been running a Lossigy 12v 100AH battery for the last 3 months. No issues. I charge it with one bank of my Minn Kota D315 charger, I still have lead acid on the other 2 banks.
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My future plans are to add an Eco Worthy either 30AH or 50AH battery for my electronics.
I'm at the point in my life that the weight of the lead Acid batteries are getting to be too much for me to handle.
I’m running a Mercury 115 four stroke.Quote:
Originally Posted by crappiemax