Our trolling motor battery finally died Friday I was very impressed - this is the first time we've had to charge it since buying the boat in April - and at Stonecliffe we definitely put some long hours in trolling all three days. We also bought a Nautilus "intelligent" battery charger, which is rated for (among other things) - deep cycle marine batteries. It also says on the box that it's trickle charger...which is good cuz the guys at Laurentian said to use a trickle charger - it should take as long to charge as it took to drain it.
Trouble is that in the instructions it very explicitly states NOT to use the 2a setting as a trickle charger for larger batteries. The other settings are 10a and 15a. I'm wondering if:
a) since this is an "intelligent charger" and does have a "deep-cycle" setting under battery type do you just select deep-cycle and give 'er the juice;
b) ignore the warning about not using the 2a as a trickle charger; or
c) just split the difference and put it on 10a/deep cycle and hope for the best.
Charging a trolling motor
Charging a trolling motor
There are few problems in life which can not be solved with a well-placed, high-explosive projectile.
My recommendation ( and I think it was the concensus here in the past ) is that you should use the 10 Amp trickle charge. I have been warned by folks I trust that charging the battery repeatedly at the 2 Amp charge WILL reduce the life of your battery.
Also, from what I have read you should charge your battery ASAP after ANY discharge to maximize the life of your battery.
Hope this helps
JasonM
Also, from what I have read you should charge your battery ASAP after ANY discharge to maximize the life of your battery.
Hope this helps
JasonM
-
SkeeterJohn
- Diamond Participant
- Posts: 2867
- Joined: Wed Nov 27, 2002 7:32 am
- Location: Ottawa
Agreed Kingmann... When i first read that it had managed a few trips out without a recharge the first thing i thought was that it should probably be recharged after every trip.
I had to replace my trolling motor battery this spring while at westmeath of all places.
saskie i'd go with the 10AMP set for deep cycle.
I had to replace my trolling motor battery this spring while at westmeath of all places.
saskie i'd go with the 10AMP set for deep cycle.
I asked about this when I bought it and they advised me to run it down at least 75% before recharging to prevent "memory"....????John wrote:Agreed Kingmann... When i first read that it had managed a few trips out without a recharge the first thing i thought was that it should probably be recharged after every trip.
I had to replace my trolling motor battery this spring while at westmeath of all places.
saskie i'd go with the 10AMP set for deep cycle.
There are few problems in life which can not be solved with a well-placed, high-explosive projectile.
-
M.T. Livewell
- Diamond Participant
- Posts: 2891
- Joined: Mon Mar 03, 2003 3:05 pm
- Location: Rockland
That's silly. You will have lots of time when you will nearly completely discharge it, and others where you will barely touch it.saskie wrote:
I asked about this when I bought it and they advised me to run it down at least 75% before recharging to prevent "memory"....????
Personally, if that thing has a 15 amp deep cycle setting, I use that.
Good luck.
M.T. Livewell
-
Cancatchbass
- Gold Participant
- Posts: 1692
- Joined: Fri Jan 10, 2003 4:30 pm
- Location: 1000 Islands
Huh?
Saskie:
You should tell whoever you were dealing with to learn some basics about batteries.
Everything they told you was way off base.
Charge it at 10 or 15 amps, not 2. And charge it ASAP after each use, even if only used for an hour. DO NOT wait til the battery runs down completely or let it sit in a partially discharged state.
CCB
You should tell whoever you were dealing with to learn some basics about batteries.
Everything they told you was way off base.
Charge it at 10 or 15 amps, not 2. And charge it ASAP after each use, even if only used for an hour. DO NOT wait til the battery runs down completely or let it sit in a partially discharged state.
CCB