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muskie-addict

Posted 6/3/2010 9:54 PM (#443860 - in reply to #443845)
Subject: RE: 1+1=2 right or wrong?

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Maybe someone with some more expertise on this can chime in.

Simply put, the way I understand how this stuff works, yes, you'll have the #s. But you won't have any sort of run time to speak of, especially when compared to a true 101# thrust motor, which would be 36v. You won't even be in the same ballpark in that regard.

What you could do is rig up two batteries to one of your trolling motors. That one you could run at higher speeds/power setting and get more run time. The two 12v batteries in that sense just become one bigger 12v battery.

On my old boat I had a 55lb PD AP that I used with a big deep cycle batt. It had 215 reserve cap minutes. On a night of walleye trolling (this is up current) I could get somewhere between 4-6 hours out of it, depending. That was running it usually between the 5 and the 8 on the little slider thing. However, this is also only going 1.1-1.4mph.

Edited by muskie-addict 6/3/2010 10:20 PM