Correct battery amps

[FisherMatt]

G'day all,

The kota's mounted, now all i need is the deep cylce, and im all set for walpole.

From what i can gather, im gunna need 100+ amp hours in my battery.

Im running a 55lb thrust kota on a 4.5m boat.

If any of u guys could let me know what ur using, it'd be greatly appreciated.

Cheers,

Matt

[Geoff R]

I believe they are Korean, try and get one that has it's own venting system so you don't have to take the caps off every time you charge it.

[bubba]

Along the same lines, I have picked up my Motorguide and was wondering if for a short period of time (a day or 2) is it feasable to use a normal marine battery until I get a deep cycle?

[kevinnugent59]

Originally posted by bubba
Along the same lines, I have picked up my Motorguide and was wondering if for a short period of time (a day or 2) is it feasable to use a normal marine battery until I get a deep cycle?

I do, Bubba. Don't expect too much from the battery, but it won't do any damage to the motor at least. At best, I get about 2 to 3 hours of casual use with my Kota on a 3.75m Edge Punt.

Regards
Kevin

[madsurfe]

yep thats right as Geoff said a Delkor. Totally maintenance free and on my AT36 Kota cable steer I get 2-3 days solid fishing, I have never run it totally flat. It is a 100 amp hour deep cycle and will set you back $190-200 . I know that may seem expensive but you get good reliable performance. I got mine from Challenge Batteries W.A. 19 Pearson Way Osborne Park WA, 6017 Ph: (08) 9446 6061

The Technical aspect of the Delkor batteries are great. I had them recommended to me by Roly Waters at Racetune. Roly knows his stuff and told me that these batteries don't fall apart under hard use like rallying or track racing. Thus they are good in boats because they can survive the vibration of pounding over choppy water. Full details here:

http://www.motoba.gr/delkor_uk.htm

[PANDA]

What type of charger are you guys using with your deep cycle batteries.
Panda

[Craig]

Challenge Batteries phone number is 9446 6122
Fax is 9446 6061

[madsurfe]

I only use a 3amp charger which is fine for an overnight charge especially since it owes me nothing and the battery never goes flat. I actually bought it for charging car batteries back in 1982. A new wizz bang 8amp fast charger will set you back big $. The important thing is to have an auto cutout so it won't keep trying to pump amps into the battery once it's fully charged.

[bubba]

Thanks guys.. Picked one up today. 198 inc gst.. Now all I gotta do is mount the Motorguide :/ Not as simple as I thought it would be heh...

[Marc_s]

Originally posted by madsurfe
I only use a 3amp charger which is fine for an overnight charge especially since it owes me nothing and the battery never goes flat. I actually bought it for charging car batteries back in 1982. A new wizz bang 8amp fast charger will set you back big $. The important thing is to have an auto cutout so it won't keep trying to pump amps into the battery once it's fully charged.

A 3amp charger is not sufficent for a battery that is rated at 100amps. YOu could leave it for days charger and you will not fully charge the battery to its capacity - thats not how they work. As a rule of thumb you should get a charger that is 10% of your battery size. A lot of people go out and spend hundreds of dollars on batterys only to skimp out on their charger If you want to take care of then get a decent charger. It may even void your warranty on some batteries if you underpower them. Deep Cycles, wet or sealed, also require a different sort of charger.
If your looking for a good charger have a look at these guys www.beetechnical.com.au

Cheers

[madsurfe]

thanks for the info Marc_S I was unaware of the issue you raised with the charging and the website http://www.beetechnical.com
gives a really good explanation of the process here:

http://www.beetechnical.com/shortbatt.htm

and of course they plug the brand that they sell. When I purchased the battery it was recomended that I also take
one of the 8amp chargers but I didn't have the $ so I do plan to
get one, just not quite yet. Interestingly the battery only draws a full load from my current charger for a matter of minutes ie: 3amps and then steadily declines to a fraction of an amp or nothing by morning. Can you explain what is happening?
I was told that the last few % of a charge will take forever and
in all likelyhood the battery will hold say 95% of it's ah capacity but never 100%

[madsurfe]

happy Easter mate! don't catch too many Breamskis - leave some for Mimmy, Tildy and JP when we get back

[David]

Thanks JP, I'll check them out on Sat.