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Pondering trolling motor battery selection
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<blockquote data-quote="InSaneFisherMan" data-source="post: 481122" data-attributes="member: 26281"><p>Just a couple of answers.</p><p></p><p>Trolling motor battery gauges, almost all are some form of voltmeter. They will still show the appropriate amount of bars based on battery voltage. Therefore they will work as designed. What has changed is they are not very good at determining the remaining capacity in lithium batteries, all bars lit may not be a battery at full capacity.</p><p></p><p>60 amp circuit breaker - this should be the lowest amp rated item in the circuit and I think has to be 6-10” from positive terminal. All wires positive and negative, connectors, switches, should be rated higher than the 60 amps. Pretty sure that lithium BMS protect the battery from over current, so if your motor requires a 60 amp breaker thats what you need.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="InSaneFisherMan, post: 481122, member: 26281"] Just a couple of answers. Trolling motor battery gauges, almost all are some form of voltmeter. They will still show the appropriate amount of bars based on battery voltage. Therefore they will work as designed. What has changed is they are not very good at determining the remaining capacity in lithium batteries, all bars lit may not be a battery at full capacity. 60 amp circuit breaker - this should be the lowest amp rated item in the circuit and I think has to be 6-10” from positive terminal. All wires positive and negative, connectors, switches, should be rated higher than the 60 amps. Pretty sure that lithium BMS protect the battery from over current, so if your motor requires a 60 amp breaker thats what you need. [/QUOTE]
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