Battery question for you trollers

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G,
I thinks this is what he has in mind,

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Ok.....yeh that will work.....two sets wired in series and then connected in parallel......I just got lost there for a minute lol

[M R Dux]

G,
I thinks this is what he has in mind,

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That was my plan on them. Looks confusing as all get-out, doesn't it? I have easy access to all 4 batteries so I may just wire in the back-up set to the Terrova once the main set gives up the ghost.

Weather for Saturday looks iffy and my wife is not comfortable out there in rough water and KY Lake can look like the ocean when the wind gets up. We have the chance to weigh in early if the fish cooperate or the weather gets nasty. Got to keep her happy. She did get a new fancy rain suit for the tourney.

Thanks for the input.

[dallman]

Thanks strmwalker that is what i meant to say. Sort of figured most would know what I was talking about. Will try to explain it better next time.

Don

[KokomoTerror]

Ranger 61 is exactly correct - when connected in parallel - in your case, two sets - you are only as good as your weakest link. The batteries hooked in parallel will equalize with each other as the good ones try to "charge" the bad ones. Using just two at a time will actually get you a longer run time, but if the batteries are close to size and capability, you may be better off hooking all four up (like in the diagram), and be done with it. As another person said, you could always hook them all up and use a switch to go from one set to the other.

Whatever you do, just be sure to have a good time, and catch some fish!!

[Billbob]

[hawgdog]

I run MAXX 29's on my predator 861 and pull 8 hours with a terrova, no problem.,,, Just saying you may just want to have them incase.....

[M R Dux]

Thanks to all who replied. I put the extra pair of batteries in the boat with the wiring necessary to hook them up. The weather got bad and we cut our day short by a couple of hours so we didn't need them. Hopefully the info provided here will help somebody else.

BTW, we won the tournament! Post on KY Forum.