Wish I watched this all the way through the first time. One more guy thinking he only needed one battery! I see your boy wearing a patriots shirt. You guys from new Hampshire. See you out there. We can start an ascend gang!🇺🇸
That separate battery setup is actually pretty standard in the marine world. The battery system running your trolling is almost always different from your "house" battery... so that your trolling motor cant eat the entirety of your power and leave you with nothing. It is a bit of redundancy to protect against the "What If".
What battery did you guys end up going with for the one on the inside? I was going to get the same one I got for my trolling motor but it was too big to fit in the hull opening.
My battery inside is a lithium ion 24ah. Runs every accessory with plenty to spare. Even after a day of use I may get it down to 75%. My trolling motor battery is the same thing but the 100ah version.
The large battery was never tied down. It’ll be taken out when it’s being transported. The weight alone will never let it move on the water. The other little one we’re still working on a way to secure it better but there’s very little room for movement in the waterproof container.
I’m guessing they want to segregate the trolling motor so you don’t use that up on other accessories and have to paddle home, lol. The other advantage I see is balancing out the weight, and a backup trolling battery if that dies somehow?
Honestly the best decision I made on this boat was getting separate batteries. And a proper charging system to charge them both at once. I never have to touch the small one. I only have to worry about the big one. Great idea.
Could you get to the wires to solder and heat shrink the two circuits together? Or did they tuck them in a untouchable spot so they can sell an extra battery. 😂
Yea depending on what you’ve done before sometimes leaving good enough alone is the smart choice. Be curious to check out the inside off one off these guys my self though.
Its not too complicated. The trolling motor goes directly to the port to plug the in battery in the back. Nothing else. The other system is just the yakpower system. I used a lithium ion battery to run all that and it works perfectly.
