Thread: i- pilot ?

Originally Posted by SeaRay

Robert, I have never come close to running my battery down. Have run for several hours and still had plenty of reserve. Now the guys that pull cranks run faster and I can see that would draw it down faster, plus my boat is not real heavy.

I'm running a 55# 12v power drive with the ipilot add on. I've never run it down in a days fishing.

thanks for your input fellers guess its time for new batteries
ive got two that should be in good shape.
the one I have in it ran 2 1/2 hrs. last time I had it out.
and died dead never had one that lasted all day == even on a boat.
thanks again

If you run two parallel, they should be bought at the same time, if they are different age battery, run one till it gets weak and switch to the other one, I got mine on a switch where I can switch from one to the other.

Originally Posted by uncle remus

thanks for your input fellers guess its time for new batteries
ive got two that should be in good shape.
the one I have in it ran 2 1/2 hrs. last time I had it out.
and died dead never had one that lasted all day == even on a boat.
thanks again

When I had my 16' Carolina Skiff I ran the 55# trust motor. On calm days the I-pilot did great but on a day when the wind kicked up I could run mine dead too because I was using speeds above middle ways into headwinds. That's why I QUICKLY added a second battery and ran them in parallel. I also found out the 55# was marginal at best for my boat since it sat on top of the water and was subject to getting blown around alot. Allen (my son) runs a 17' tracker and he wished he went bigger than a 55# trust too. His does OK but when the wind kicks up his tm works harder than he likes running on settings above "5" to maintain his speeds (he striper fishes and is always pulling boards). On my Ranger I'm running a 70# trust and it's ideal for my boat and never has to get into the higher speeds to keep me at the speed I wanna troll.