08-06-2010, 04:24 PM
[cool][#0000ff]It would work...for a while. But if you used it for a deep cycle battery it would probably not hold up very long. (see #2 on the list of specs...do not totally discharge).[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Better to invest a few more bucks to get a battery that is designed for deep cycle use...like a wheelchair battery. Attached is a pic of one I bought for about $85. It is 33 amp/hour and only weighs a little over 20 pounds.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With an 18# thrust motor you should get several hours of "normal" use from the smaller batteries. But, as always, it is a combination of speed setting, drag on your tube with you in it, motor efficiency, wind speed and direction, etc.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will not be able to make long runs back and forth across the lake at high speed settings. Nor will you be able to maintain any kind of trolling speed. But, for getting from point A to point B faster than kicking...and to help you get back through the wind...you will enjoy being powered.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]Better to invest a few more bucks to get a battery that is designed for deep cycle use...like a wheelchair battery. Attached is a pic of one I bought for about $85. It is 33 amp/hour and only weighs a little over 20 pounds.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]With an 18# thrust motor you should get several hours of "normal" use from the smaller batteries. But, as always, it is a combination of speed setting, drag on your tube with you in it, motor efficiency, wind speed and direction, etc.[/#0000ff]
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[#0000ff]You will not be able to make long runs back and forth across the lake at high speed settings. Nor will you be able to maintain any kind of trolling speed. But, for getting from point A to point B faster than kicking...and to help you get back through the wind...you will enjoy being powered.[/#0000ff]
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