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Lithium battery - worth the expense?
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<blockquote data-quote="Ray Clark" data-source="post: 496903" data-attributes="member: 31103"><p>What are you powering with that battery? </p><p></p><p>Just a small fish finder? If so, then it's probably good for a long day of fishing. </p><p></p><p>My Humminbird Helix draws .8 Amps. It could probably drain that battery with two 10 hour-long days of fishing.</p><p></p><p>If you're also running a trolling motor with that battery, then I think you'll find that a 20AH battery is pretty limiting.</p><p></p><p>My Minn Kota Powerdrive 55# thrust motor draws 50 Amps at full throttle. It would drain a 20AH battery in less than 25 minutes of continuous use, and that's with nothing else using any energy from the battery.</p><p></p><p>Edit to add: I'm not sure I could even safely hook up that 20AH battery to my Minn Kota. I don't think I should try to draw 50A from that smaller battery as damage may result.</p><p></p><p>It's all about how you plan to use that battery.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Ray Clark, post: 496903, member: 31103"] What are you powering with that battery? Just a small fish finder? If so, then it's probably good for a long day of fishing. My Humminbird Helix draws .8 Amps. It could probably drain that battery with two 10 hour-long days of fishing. If you're also running a trolling motor with that battery, then I think you'll find that a 20AH battery is pretty limiting. My Minn Kota Powerdrive 55# thrust motor draws 50 Amps at full throttle. It would drain a 20AH battery in less than 25 minutes of continuous use, and that's with nothing else using any energy from the battery. Edit to add: I'm not sure I could even safely hook up that 20AH battery to my Minn Kota. I don't think I should try to draw 50A from that smaller battery as damage may result. It's all about how you plan to use that battery. [/QUOTE]
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