Take that junk over to that "other" site where it belongs. Bob - ban his butt!!!!!
Mac, here is a fun subject to discuss... I want to put an I-Pilot equipped trolling motor on my boat and upgrade my sonar to something with the Link that will let me operate the trolling motor. I want to use it to troll/autopilot in conjunction with my 4 stroke kicker. I think you use this, Mac? What is this going to cost me? I need it to last all day (two days off grid if possible) My boat is 21 feet and about 4000lbs, so I am thinking a 24v with 80lbs of thrust is good enough?
Should I lay down some AstroTurf first next time? Sorry, just had to Really though, it’s awfully quiet on this board, do we not have as many southern members or does the winter really slow down the fishing in the subtropical zone.
Not enough with 24v IMHOI use a 24 on my 1650 Lund Rebel XLGo with 36vYou will be far happier.And get the largest batteries you can fit.Better yet, go even larger and make them fit!!!And get the minn Kota onboard charger for them - its the best for the batteries. Not cheap, but neither is smoking a set of deep cycle batteries cause the charger took a dump.
Well, that adds a grand or more to the setup, that's for sure. But I kind of knew that would be the case.
Mac, what model trolling motor do you have? And is it worth it to make sure I get the I-pilot with link and a compatible head unit or just skip the link setup? I don't exactly need a new sonar but if it's worth it I will upgrade that at the same time.
We have a minkota with ipilot that does not link with the fish finder. It would be nice to have, but you can still set and record routes with just the remote.
It looks like after all is said and done, the I-link is the least of the expense, so I guess I will get it. My next question is regarding the battery charger... when you wire 2 batteries in parallel, does that use a single bank of the charger or do you want a bank for each battery? Like if I get a 36v and want the run time, do I wire 6 batteries and have a 3 bank charger or is that a 6 bank charger (probably two 3 bank chargers)? I really can't imagine dealing with 6 deep cycles and one cranking battery... that's going to be close to 900 lbs of batteries alone and holy cow, lotta money.
My suggestion is to go with the 36 VDC motor and 3 of the largest batteries you can fit someplace on the boat.And then see how this works before you add another 3 batteries.