Spot lock at the end of the day????

[twitch]

Fished a tourney the other day in winds of 20mph with gust to 30 and after about 6 hours the Ultrex 24 volt motor would no longer stay on spot lock , was this because the batteries where worn down to where they could not provide enough power to stay on spot lock, motor still oved and steered ok ????

[Bill Reynolds]

Fished a tourney the other day in winds of 20mph with gust to 30 and after about 6 hours the Ultrex 24 volt motor would no longer stay on spot lock , was this because the batteries where worn down to where they could not provide enough power to stay on spot lock, motor still oved and steered ok ????

Possibly. I have fished in extremely heavy current where the motor couldn’t hold and after it moved a certain distance, it would kick out of spotlock. I could reengage and it would stay until it moved back some and then kick out again.

[bobcoy]

Very probably both. The 24 volt motor was probably pulling 20 Amps or more and your batteries had to be getting low. JMO Bob

[Bradrodfish]

I totally agree with both Bob and Bill. It is hard to keep batteries juiced up if the troll motor is fighting 20-30 MPH winds.