07-27-2010, 11:28 AM
[quote peter805] Thats a cool "little" battery. How long would you say you can run your motor with it. Motor with battery maximazer that is [
]. Thanx
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[cool][#0000ff]There will be a lot of variations in how much performance someone can get from any given battery on any given day. Much difference between powering a pontoon or small boat that skims over the surface and pulling a tuber with legs in the water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I have now experimented with three different batteries...the 33 AH as well as an 80 and a 115. On most trips my 10 amp charger fully recharges the batteries in less than 2 hours...indicating less than 20 amps used on the trip. The only battery I have drained was the 80...after a full day of making long runs and even doing some bottom bouncing for walleyes. It finally gave up when I was less than 100 yards from the launch ramp when coming back in at the end of the day. Had to kick the rest of the way in. Better than being stranded at the far end of a lake when the wind comes up blowing the wrong direction...as it always does.[/#0000ff]
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]. Thanx Peter[/quote]
[cool][#0000ff]There will be a lot of variations in how much performance someone can get from any given battery on any given day. Much difference between powering a pontoon or small boat that skims over the surface and pulling a tuber with legs in the water. [/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]But, I have now experimented with three different batteries...the 33 AH as well as an 80 and a 115. On most trips my 10 amp charger fully recharges the batteries in less than 2 hours...indicating less than 20 amps used on the trip. The only battery I have drained was the 80...after a full day of making long runs and even doing some bottom bouncing for walleyes. It finally gave up when I was less than 100 yards from the launch ramp when coming back in at the end of the day. Had to kick the rest of the way in. Better than being stranded at the far end of a lake when the wind comes up blowing the wrong direction...as it always does.[/#0000ff]
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