Originally Posted by Hickory Legend
The relion 50ah battery is much cheaper than this price. If you call around they are cheaper than most think.
The relion 50ah battery is much cheaper than this price. If you call around they are cheaper than most think.
2000 Triton Tr21
2002 Mercury 250 Pro XB
Good to see bigger names getting in. Would like to see the 80ah ones come way down.
Not sure what they are selling for but retail is 1970.85 for three of them, verse the 2199.00. That 228.15 different
That 44.4 Lbs and still has the foot print of three AGM batteries. The Lithium Pro is 30.3 Lbs, thats 13.1 Lbs don't sound like much yet another 25% weight savings.
Lighter and only one battery leaving room for Power pole pumps and other things like spare props or access to the pumps below the batteries. When you have a pump go out and can easily reach in and replace verse removing the batteries just to get to them.
I know there are those that want go for either waiting for the price to get to 150.00, and their waiting for the iphone original to get to 50.00 before they go to a smart phone also.
If you are wanting the best bang for the buck, a smaller, lighter package even with two 36 volts trolling you have tons of room left in the bilge area for other stuff and lighter when you compare Ah ratings.
I don't care what or where you buy just pointing out why I went with my package.
Now I have tidied it up some but this was by bilge area with a 36 volt system, twin power poles, a AC/DC stealth charger, and as you can see I can access all 5 pumps to swap or change them out. Not doable with any other 36 volts systems. Or not that I have seen, if you can throw up some picks to show the set up.
This set up is a total of 90 Lbs for all 3 batteries and 80Ah for the trolling and 110 Ah for the cranking.
Last edited by Hickory Legend; 11-02-2018 at 11:11 PM.
Now since I have a jersey I use a pro set up with dual batteries, I have used a single battery setup a few years without any issues, yet I fish short 3-5 hour night tournaments, So I am using black lights and 3 12" graphs nite camera etc.
Seen AGM batteries going for $400 so a $500 range price point for lithium isnt too far out there if it performs well.
Roy
2020 Triton 18 Trx
Mercury 200 Pro XS V8
Bravo FS 24P Prop
Atlas 6” jp
Dual Humminbird Helix 10 MEGA SI
Minnkota Ultrex.
So, how does one 40ah 36v battery stack up against three 50ah 12v battery?
I just bought 2 Relion 50ah 12 volt batteries and wired them in series for my 80# 24 volt trolling motor. I replace the two 31 series AGM's with the two 50ah lithiums. They are basically the same footprint as one 31 series AGM. The AGM's weighed 70#'s each. I took out 140# and put 30# back in. I lost 110#'s. I went fishing a few weeks ago put in a safe light and fished until 4 PM. Thats basically 9 hours of fishing. I wasnt fishing any adverse conditions I had a light breeze and minimal current. It was a typical day of fishing and the batteries lasted all day and never died. Looking at Relion's charge chart I would estimate I still had 10-15% of battery life left. If someone thinks they are not enough and I think a day with wind or heavy current they probably wont make the whole day you can add a Stealth charger.If you still dont think that would be enough then, go with the 75ah batteries. I am postive the 75ah batteries would more than enough for any serious angler in 24volt system. In a 36 volt system because you move to a higher voltage the ah draw is less. I think 50ah batteries would be way more than you will ever need. They are very affordable I am not going to list the prices here but, If you PM anyof the guys that sell them I think you will be very surprised. Not speaking of Lithium Pro's those things are still ridiculously high in price. I priced Battle Borns and Relions. Those 2 are available in affordable prices.
Last edited by K-DAWG; 11-03-2018 at 01:19 PM.
Why don’t they make more cranking batteries, has to be a reason why Merc doesn’t recommend using them?
Good ol Lou...I'm sure he will be along shortly.
and don't forget the fire mongers...
Charlie Messina from Relion recommended I don't use a Relion Battery to crank my old 2000 Merc 125. Told me 'cranking -times' were too long for Relion's Electronics and the battery would be harmed. This was 3 years ago when I bought my pair of 100 AH Relions for my 24 Volt Fortrex.
Get your partner tested and he won’t have to wear them anymoreI hope they last longer than their XXL sized prophylactics
sorry couldn’t resist
Oh yes. Them too.Good ol Lou...
and don't forget the fire mongers...
As long as You realize that turnabout is 'fair play' ? And because it is best served chilly, expect it anytime betwixt now and Post #9,164...Get your partner tested and he won’t have to wear them anymore
Rinse and reuseI hope they last longer than their XXL sized prophylactics
40ah for the 36 volt battery, the three 50ah batteries are wired in series to make 36 volts so you still have 50 ah total.
2018 BassCat Lynx
Mercury 300R
Beautiful Grand Lake
Grove Oklahoma
Yep! 10 ah less. 50 ah - 40 ah = 10 ah.
2011 Skeeter ZX225
225 Yamaha HPDI Series 2
Minn Kota Ultrex 112 52"
Console: HDS 16 Carbon
Bow: HDS 12 Carbon, Solix 12 G2, Mega 360, Garmin 106 SV, LVS 34
There are lot of good brands on the market now which is great for the industry and will defiantly help bring down prices as production goes up.
we have at least 4 great sponsors on BBC selling Lithium's, be sure to check them out.
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Sweet set up^^^^^^^
this x2
I ran 2 Battle Borns all year. 2 100Ah 12V. Fished 14 hours one day, never a hiccup. Uses my previous MK 330D charger just fine, so no custom charger needed. They are selling for $949 right now and come with a 10 year warranty. I don't think I'll ever go back to AGM/Lead batteries for trolling motors again.
2001 Champion 187 Yamaha 175
12' Talons, Lithiums and Garmins
All pulled by a Hemi
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