With open water season approaching I have been putting some thought into some lighter battery options for my pontoon boat. I cant seem to find any smaller deep cycles batteries. I currently have a large energizer battery in a min-kota battery box. Does anyone know where I can find some smaller deep cycle batteries?
I use an old truck battery in my boat lol, sucks big time for loading and unloading.
I don't know that there are smaller deep cycle batteries produced for marine specific use. There are the smaller SLA batteries but I don't know how long something like that would last on a trolling motor.
Maybe a motorcycle battery would work good enough, you can find them with deep cycle capacity and they might just be the right size. One of the guys at the fishing hole recommended I look into them when I was asking him about their SLA batteries.
Thanks Rav ill look into that. Found a lithium ion battery 13lbs online and just about choked when I seen the price....1300 bucks! Ive been running my 50lb thrust motor on the boat but im going to buy a 30lb to save on weight. Hoping I can downsize on the battery too!
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Takes power to run a trolling motor, I can't imagine a motorcylcle battery running a trolling motor long. I run a small gel cell for my depth finder, I've gotten 3 full days but my charger said it was going down.
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Lightweight battery for electric trolling motor?
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