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Post by Bob Smith (Porko) on Jul 1, 2011 1:00:10 GMT -1
Bob, were they Mercury voltage regs or aftermarket? They were CDI brand aftermarket regs. |
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Post by Humperdink on Jul 1, 2011 2:49:02 GMT -1
thanks for the info.....gonna buy either the 70 or 85 dollar one--the specs arent much different for the extra 15$. Im gonna wait around till i can get a nice 55lb thrust or so trolling motor then get a second battery and a nice charger, until then im going the super cheap route of the wally world battery w trickle charger. Who knows if this jon boat i got even holds water. gotta make an appt with the dnr guy so he can come look at my boat....with no hull numbers i guess thats what i gotta do to get it registered. dont tempt me to put the trolling motor on my tiny kayak cause ill do it
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Post by troyboy30 on Apr 11, 2012 12:49:52 GMT -1
i just put 3 31 series agm's in. 1 sears pm1 on the starter and 2 deka 31's
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Post by Bob Smith (Porko) on Apr 11, 2012 20:44:04 GMT -1
What kind of reserve life do the DEKA AGMS have and how much are they?
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Post by troyboy30 on Apr 13, 2012 11:46:07 GMT -1
205 minutes, bout $230 each
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coach1
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Post by coach1 on Feb 17, 2013 14:12:04 GMT -1
My Dekas are toast. Last 2 trips, died after 4 hrs.
Looking at the Optima blue tops.
Anyone have insight on these ?
Thanks
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tinker1
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Post by tinker1 on Feb 18, 2013 1:28:40 GMT -1
My Dekas are toast. Last 2 trips, died after 4 hrs. Looking at the Optima blue tops. Anyone have insight on these ? Thanks Have a pair of the Optima blue tops for about 2 years now. They are wired in series to the 24 volt Trolling motor. No problems yet. I keep them charged with an on board Pro Mariner ProSport 20+. The cranking battery is a lead acid type. The charger is a 3 bank 10 amp/bank and no problems so far mixing the types for the charger or the batteries. I have used them (blue tops) for a good 7 hours at about 40 to 50% power (70lb thrust). Towards the end I had to turn them up a bit to get the same speed. It took about 6 hours to recharge them to 100%. When the lead acid cranking battery dies I'm going to get another blue top. I called Optima about on board chargers before I bought the current one. They recommend only certain types for their batteries. I would contact them first before you make a switch. Helpful folks. Their contact info is on their Website. Hope this helps Coach. |
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Post by brianj on Feb 18, 2013 3:47:55 GMT -1
After two yrs of owning my boat, my cranking batter just died on me last week - pulled it out only to realize it was actually a deep cycle battery they were using for cranking.
So now i need to get a new cranking batery, bit wondering if it's okay to keep 1198 wiring run to cranking battery.
I have two deep cycles up front, but would rather not have to rerun the wires to the deep cycles if i can get away with leaving it on cranking battery.
thoughts?
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IceAAA
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Post by IceAAA on Feb 18, 2013 14:01:46 GMT -1
After two yrs of owning my boat, my cranking batter just died on me last week - pulled it out only to realize it was actually a deep cycle battery they were using for cranking. So now i need to get a new cranking batery, bit wondering if it's okay to keep 1198 wiring run to cranking battery. I have two deep cycles up front, but would rather not have to rerun the wires to the deep cycles if i can get away with leaving it on cranking battery. thoughts? I run an 1197 and 1198 on my cranking battery with all of the other accessories without a problem. It does wear it down though after a day of fishing. |
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coach1
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Post by coach1 on Feb 18, 2013 15:12:14 GMT -1
Put 2 Decas in today. The other Decas lasted for over 3 yrs.
Price was not that bad.
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