Quote Originally Posted by REELDAWG View Post
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.
A battery last me about a year, maybe a little more. I always keep an extra in the boat.