3 100ah Ionic Lithiums inbound for the RT188!

[Surferboy120]

Guess good thing I run a Motorguide? I'm not worried about a thing. There's enough people running lithium on enough trolling motors now that if they were burning them up it would be thread city!

Agreed on the thread city.

[BigDozer66]

I have been contemplating switching to Lithium's when my Optima's need replacing.

[8theB8]

Received the batteries this morning! Editing install video now. If I leave the new charger out of the boat I will have shaved 142.4lbs total!

Now I just need to lose 25 pounds!

[8theB8]

Little on the long side cause I can get to talking when I'm excited lol but you can skip to the good stuff....about 9:50 in. (YouTube music is ONLY to cover otherwise silent sections)

Used them for half a day today...will update when time allows.

[fishon396]

I like the information you pass along in your videos including this one. My rt178 came with a aluminum mounting plate for my dual pro charger and it is around 3/32 inches thick fairly thin. It measures 13 7/16 x 9 inches and has 2 bends 15 degree up about 1 1/2 inch long. I am sure any thing close would work or I think Ranger still sells them.

[8theB8]

Appreciate it! Appreciate the info too! I can see the need for the 15 degree bends. I'll do a little research but I'm pretty sure I'm going to leave it off. I fished a combined 11 hours due to weather the past two mornings and I'm only down to 64% on the trolling and 78% on the cranking. Wish I would have done this two years ago!

[BigDozer66]

Appreciate it! Appreciate the info too! I can see the need for the 15 degree bends. I'll do a little research but I'm pretty sure I'm going to leave it off. I fished a combined 11 hours due to weather the past two mornings and I'm only down to 64% on the trolling and 78% on the cranking. Wish I would have done this two years ago!

Awesome!

I checked with them and he suggested 2 - 50 AH for the trolling motor and 1 - 100 AH for the cranking / graphs.

He said my NOCO Gen 3 would suffice but I might go with the Ionic charger as well.

I don't have 31 AGM's in mone so the weight savings will be much less but it will be a good bit.

[RazorShine]

Running Lithium 24v with power pole charge. Live on a lake, and fish daily. Best combination I have had. Have fish several tournaments, and the charge keeps the lithium and Northstar x2 cranking battery with plenty of juice. Can fish a couple days without plugging in. Using the lithium on Ultrex.

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Batteries after an 8 hour tournament.
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[8theB8]

Absolutely the best fishing investment I've ever made! ZERO regrets! Going to go ahead and mount the charger this weekend.

[Fishfinger]

Great video. Is there a simple trick to draining the gas tank? It looks as if you had it drained and the top off

[Surferboy120]

Absolutely the best fishing investment I've ever made! ZERO regrets! Going to go ahead and mount the charger this weekend.

Thanks for posting the video. I look forward to the long term updates on this setup. I have the interstates as well and may make the jump to this setup as soon as the interstates start to sag.

[BigDozer66]

Great video. Is there a simple trick to draining the gas tank? It looks as if you had it drained and the top off

I used a hand pump like this: https://smile.amazon.com/Koehler-Ent...2361545&sr=8-2

Then I cut the fuel line near the vent and connected it and pump it to start the siphon and let it fill the 5 gallon jugs.

I had to do it when my fuel got stale!

[Fishfinger]

Good idea, that seems simple enough. I wasn’t sure if you did that as some type of safety precaution while changing out the batteries.