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Lithium battery - worth the expense?
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<blockquote data-quote="CRS" data-source="post: 497247" data-attributes="member: 21726"><p>Using small batteries is great, if you fish small lakes and use the trolling motor for only short times in a small boat on a clear calm day. I fish a small lake for trout in the Pennsylvania wilds, using a 30# Minn Kota, I still use a deep cycle lead acid battery from Walmart. I learned the hard way that a larger battery is necessary. Under calm conditions I can travel the length and get back without ever running the battery past 50%. Remember after 50% discharge you are damaging the battery. A sudden hard wind picked up and continued to get stronger, my motor running full throttle I was barely moving forward and only when I tacked could I make any progress back to the ramp. I ended up with a dead battery and pulling the boat up along the shore. This was years ago and I being much younger and stronger was able to recover, today I would not be so fortunate. The morale of my experience is always have enough electric/gas to get back in bad conditions or get back faster in emergencies.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="CRS, post: 497247, member: 21726"] Using small batteries is great, if you fish small lakes and use the trolling motor for only short times in a small boat on a clear calm day. I fish a small lake for trout in the Pennsylvania wilds, using a 30# Minn Kota, I still use a deep cycle lead acid battery from Walmart. I learned the hard way that a larger battery is necessary. Under calm conditions I can travel the length and get back without ever running the battery past 50%. Remember after 50% discharge you are damaging the battery. A sudden hard wind picked up and continued to get stronger, my motor running full throttle I was barely moving forward and only when I tacked could I make any progress back to the ramp. I ended up with a dead battery and pulling the boat up along the shore. This was years ago and I being much younger and stronger was able to recover, today I would not be so fortunate. The morale of my experience is always have enough electric/gas to get back in bad conditions or get back faster in emergencies. [/QUOTE]
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