adrianp89
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The battle born is $800…. Seems $400 for same style on Amazon, am I missing something?
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So I forgot to charge the Tracker/lithium trolling motor batteries last night and went out fishing today. I used the motor a couple of days ago and would estimate about 3 hrs of medium/light use. After about an hour and half today the motor turned off as the batteries were out of juice. So 4 to 5 1/2 hours of use. Does this sound about right? The two Trackers are 100Ah.
Yes, quality. My adage is “nothing good is cheap, and nothing cheap is good”. Quite a few low cost LiFePO battery companies out there that folks end up having issues with.The battle born is $800…. Seems $400 for same style on Amazon, am I missing something?
very detailed thank you. The 6v are 200ah each so series I’m still at that number.
Sounds like a single 100ah should be perfect. Thinking I can drop 100lbs by switching to single lithium house and start.
Thanks @mrcleanr6 ! It has been quite the journey with so many, I’ll call them lies of omission to be ferreted out. I would have never known to ask the questions that you suggested and would have ended up with a bad set up.thats great your finally seeing the benefits from all this research you have done over the past few months.
I would add that the low resistance of the LiFePO4 Batteries seem to be well suited to our low output PMG charging systems. I do intend to put a Victron smart shunt on the house battery to not only monitor state of charge, but I will also be able to see how much charge is flowing into the house battery while the engines are running.thats great its all working out for you. i am not surprised though. whats not to like about going lithium.
Excellent!I haven't has a problem keeping both the start and house batteries topped off with the boat charging systems. I have a Dakota Lithium 60Ah start and 2 x ampere time 100Ah house batteries... i can use my big stereo all day and the almost 300 lbs weight savings from the 4 x group 29's is goodness.
LiFePO4's were ~$1200
Significant reduction!Earth Day sale on Battle Born batteries.