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| Anybody have first hand knowledge, or suggestion , for a lithium battery that will power two Helix 10, a Helix 8, and a mega 360, for twelve hours? Amp hours, brand, etc....
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | what are the amp draw specs for each of those? That will help you find a battery with sufficient amp hours. example, 3 finders and 360 combined use X amps. take amp hours of the battery, and divide by amps. This will give you about the duration you will be able to power the items when the battery is new, but without any factor of safety. Most installers use somewhere around 25% more amp hours than the load requires. if 12 hours multiplied by 10 total amps yields 120 amp hours, you should buy a battery with 155 amp hours at a minimum.
Wire size will also play with amp draws of units. Run at least 10awg to each finder and network hub (not listed in your items, but likely utilized) and probably 6 or 8 to the 360 unit |
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| I have some ionic (IonicBlueBatteries) for my trolling motor, I'm pretty happy this them and I would recommend that brand to anyone. Are you going to have this as a stand alone battery or as your starting battery? The 125 amp hour starting battery they have will work. But currently the motor manufacturers don't endorse the idea of lithium. What kind of boat do you have? |
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| Yeah I get the math equation, but was looking for actual data. |
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| This will be stand alone duty, solely for the graphs, and the mega 360. I am currently running 3 conventional optima batteries on my ulterra. Was looking to see how the lithium performed on my graphs, before I take the several thousand dollar plunge for the trolling motor. I have a very low hour Tuffy 2060/250 suz.
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Location: Mt. Zion, IL | Montana71 - 7/21/2021 7:13 PM
Yeah I get the math equation, but was looking for actual data.
What does the math say then? How many amp hours are required for a 12 hour day? |
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| I would buy an ionic 125. It's the biggest baddest one made by a reputable company.
I finally chose IonicBlueBatteries after seeing inside the shell. The wiring is what sold me. It's not cheep or minimalist. And they use grade A cells others may be using b c d |
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| If you direct message me I can get you contact information for a salesman |
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| Fishysam - 7/23/2021 7:38 AM
I would buy an ionic 125. It's the biggest baddest one made by a reputable company.
I finally chose IonicBlueBatteries after seeing inside the shell. The wiring is what sold me. It's not cheep or minimalist. And they use grade A cells others may be using b c d
do you know if the ionics can be used in series? |
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| RJ_692 - 7/23/2021 8:48 AM
Fishysam - 7/23/2021 7:38 AM
I would buy an ionic 125. It's the biggest baddest one made by a reputable company.
I finally chose IonicBlueBatteries after seeing inside the shell. The wiring is what sold me. It's not cheep or minimalist. And they use grade A cells others may be using b c d
do you know if the ionics can be used in series? |
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| That's what I was looking for, thank you.
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