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[QUOTE]Halfpint - 1/19/2009  8:30 AM

Wow....I think the drugs I took in college killed the brain cells capable of understanding that post.  LOL!!!  Good riddance brain cells...the fun was worth it!

I've thought about running two batteries in parallel, but right now what we have works...and I'd probably mess it up.  I know there was a thread a while back about how to configure it...I'll have to search and check it out

Seybert can verify the difficulty of fishing the particular lake I fish.  It's large for an electric only lake.  It has no surrounding hills or trees.  And it just gets windy as anything there.  If it's a windy day, most guys with 24 volt motors will not last all day on one charge.  A 16 foot boat with a 55lb 12 volt would not last all day on one battery...absolutely no way.  Remember...trolling only means you can't use your big motor to get to the other side of the lake.  If you want to switch spots, it kills your batteries.  And if you want to actually troll for cold weather muskies, you need to overkill or you'll be paddling.

The original poster asked us to consider that he fishes electric only lakes for entire days.  If he wants to be prepared for windy days of 15-20mph, for long days, for trolling, for getting to the next spot on the other side of the lake...he should either go with a 24 volt high thrust so he can run lower power and last all day (and zoom to the next spot), or he should go with a 12 volt and take multiple batteries...either ran in parallel or just take a butt load of them.

My two cents...actually, I think that's now four cents.

Peace Buddies![/QUOTE]

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Posted 1/19/2009 8:30 AM (#355946 - in reply to #355275)
Subject: RE: Trolling motor Voltage and Thurst

Wow....I think the drugs I took in college killed the brain cells capable of understanding that post. LOL!!! Good riddance brain cells...the fun was worth it!

I've thought about running two batteries in parallel, but right now what we have works...and I'd probably mess it up. I know there was a thread a while back about how to configure it...I'll have to search and check it out

Seybert can verify the difficulty of fishing the particular lake I fish. It's large for an electric only lake. It has no surrounding hills or trees. And it just gets windy as anything there. If it's a windy day, most guys with 24 volt motors will not last all day on one charge. A 16 foot boat with a 55lb 12 volt would not last all day on one battery...absolutely no way. Remember...trolling only means you can't use your big motor to get to the other side of the lake. If you want to switch spots, it kills your batteries. And if you want to actually troll for cold weather muskies, you need to overkill or you'll be paddling.

The original poster asked us to consider that he fishes electric only lakes for entire days. If he wants to be prepared for windy days of 15-20mph, for long days, for trolling, for getting to the next spot on the other side of the lake...he should either go with a 24 volt high thrust so he can run lower power and last all day (and zoom to the next spot), or he should go with a 12 volt and take multiple batteries...either ran in parallel or just take a butt load of them.

My two cents...actually, I think that's now four cents.

Peace Buddies!