Moving up with the big boys...what criteria should I consider to decide which I need? 20' 2500lb fiberglass bay boat. Right now I just have one starting battery, if I go with a 36 volt troller am I looking at 4 batteries total? Obviously the 36 volt will produce more thrust 101 lb vs 80. Never having run a boat like this much, it's kind of hard to tell if how much power I need. My gut (and common motor wisdom) says you can never have too much power, but how much is enough, or too much? Not much difference in price, and one more battery doesn't seem to be that big a deal, but the weight of all those batteries concerns me too. What do you all think? Also, when looking at onboard chargers, do 2 or 3 "banks" correspond to the # of batteries they are charging, or ?? Thanks guys.
Wasn't terrible at a state park beach. Antelope island maybe. I wouldn't recommend it as a beach destination tho. Figured I was there, I'm getting in it.
The water looked and smelled disgusting with hundreds of thousands of birds sh*tting in there. About as gross as the Salton Sea. When I duck hunted there I didn't even want to touch the water.
It's kinda gross with the algae in the summer but I got in it anyway. Wanted to see the increased bouyancy at work. You can kinda tuck yourself into a ball and you'll just float with your head above water. When dry off you look diamond encrusted with the salt.
We went to the flats too. I dipped a tire on the rental car onto it just to say I’ve been there,but it was still pretty soft from winter melt. After seeing some moron in a BMW suv get dragged out of the muck I had no intention of repeating his stupidity.
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Moving up with the big boys...what criteria should I consider to decide which I need? 20' 2500lb fiberglass bay boat. Right now I just have one starting battery, if I go with a 36 volt troller am I looking at 4 batteries total? Obviously the 36 volt will produce more thrust 101 lb vs 80. Never having run a boat like this much, it's kind of hard to tell if how much power I need. My gut (and common motor wisdom) says you can never have too much power, but how much is enough, or too much? Not much difference in price, and one more battery doesn't seem to be that big a deal, but the weight of all those batteries concerns me too. What do you all think? Also, when looking at onboard chargers, do 2 or 3 "banks" correspond to the # of batteries they are charging, or ?? Thanks guys.
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