New Addition This Year

Did you consider putting battery’s in water heater compartment and how does it ride with the added weight to one side of boat.
 
Did you need to move ur nav lights. I have a 2002 282 and just got a motor and looks like this is the most practical way to install.
 
amf282 said:
After a discussion with the battery guys, Lithium Ion batteries are different and you need to change the mindset of how we have traditionally charged. The long and short is yoiu do not trickle charge....you discharge as much as possible to preserve the life of the batteries. our plan is to store the charger and pull it out when we need to charge. It will get warm while charging and we want to monitor first before any permanent mounting. In addition, you hook it up, charge the batteries and then disconnect. You do not leave a charger connected to the batteries. It is also recommended that you unplug the trolling motor from the batteries when you are not using or planning on using the trolling motor.

in a nut shell, charge the batteries before a trip and do not charge until you ready to go again. And only do that if you have discharged them to about 80% or more. We are new to these batteries
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amf282 said:
its all a question of the amp hours....we bought the two in parallel to to get a total of 76 amp hours. The single batteries go up to 50 or 60, then there a big jump in price to get 100 amp hours. These batteries were on sale and we got the advantage of additional amp hours. In addition, these two smaller batteries fit well in that berth compartment.
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Ok, two seasons in how is the motor? I am planning on a 2 battery setup also. I was thinking of parallel, but switchable so one battery can be used at a time, to allow for almost complete discharge, while the other one stays full.
 
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