What battery do I need for a MinnKota trolling motor? I want to buy a motor for my small rowboat. I want to find out how much it'll cost. I'd like to get everything at once, I can find motors and battery boxes, but no batteries on amazon can someone help explain how these motors work? What battery will I need?Thanks What battery do I need for a MinnKota trolling motor? I want to buy a motor for my small rowboat. I want to find out how much it'll cost. I'd like to get everything at once, I can find... » Read More What battery do I need for a MinnKota trolling motor? I want to buy a motor for my small rowboat. I want to find out how much it'll cost. I'd like to get everything at once, I can find motors and battery boxes, but no batteries on amazon can someone help explain how these motors work? What battery will I need?Thanks « Show Less
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You will need deep cycle or Marine batteries for trolling motors. Unlike Car batteries, deep cycle batteries are designed to be discharged upto 80+% before recharging where as Car (starter) batteries have more cranking amps. Check out http://www.windsun.com/Batteries/Battery_FAQ.htm for more information
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Go to walmart and buy a deep cycle marine battery, walmart has the cheapest batteries and they work just fine if you keep them charged and maintained.
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You should have cables with clips on your trolling motor that will connect to the battery.
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If you're conecting it to a 12volt marine battery directly- you will need 10-12 size connections. The ones that come with motor are very small that will not fit over connections - you'll have to cut off the small ones and replace w/10-12 size. Also, with foot control you might want to buy a mount for pedal. It tends to move. I have both and prefer hand control 45 for that reason. Hope this helps
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Shawn, this battery is for game camera or fish finders. Only has 7.0 amps. A trolling motor battery is similar to a car battery. Thanks
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That should work I have a smaller battery for a trolling motor that worked well for me.
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I have always purchased minnkota trolling motors (the motorguide came on the boat) I purchased the variable speed minnkota Maxxum 70 lb / 24 volt for my tracker pro team 175. the current minnkota product # for the variable model is 1368561 and I just confirmed that on the minnkota website. you may want to goto www.minnkota.com and check all of your options. I replaced a motorguide 45 lb / 12 volt variable speed the had a broken mounting arm (minnkota's mount arm is much stronger!). I also purchased two new blue top optima 31M series batteries and replaced my trolling motor cabling with 6 AWG stranded. I have always purchased minnkota trolling motors (the motorguide came on the boat) I purchased the variable speed minnkota Maxxum 70 lb / 24 volt for my tracker pro team 175. the current minnkota product # for the variable model is 1368561 and I just confirmed that on the minnkota website. you may want to goto www.minnkota.com and check all of your options. I replaced a motorguide 45 lb / 12 volt variable speed the had a broken mounting arm (minnkota's mount arm is much stronger!). I also purchased two new blue top optima 31M series batteries and replaced my trolling motor cabling with 6... » Read More I have always purchased minnkota trolling motors (the motorguide came on the boat) I purchased the variable speed minnkota Maxxum 70 lb / 24 volt for my tracker pro team 175. the current minnkota product # for the variable model is 1368561 and I just confirmed that on the minnkota website. you may want to goto www.minnkota.com and check all of your options. I replaced a motorguide 45 lb / 12 volt variable speed the had a broken mounting arm (minnkota's mount arm is much stronger!). I also purchased two new blue top optima 31M series batteries and replaced my trolling motor cabling with 6 AWG stranded. « Show Less
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I have a 22 ft tritoon boat and the shaft of Minn Kota Powerdrive V2 is plenty long enough. The trolling motor has plenty of power since it is 24 volt using 2 batteries. It has no problem moving the boat at 2-3 mph. Spend an extra $150 and get the remote control. Order separately and it installs on top of the motor. You can control direction and speed from anywhere in the boat.
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No, the boat does not come with the battery. You have to buy that separately, but can find it at a variety of stores that carry marine batteries.
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OK, the Co. that makes this is "CONHIS MOTOR" super great motors as well as controllers and then you will need 4 12v12ah or 12v15ah SLA batteries they all will have to be wired together as 1 48volt battery these batteries can be B&B; or UPG I personally like UPG because of the price and performance!
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Well, I use it on my small quadcopters but I do not have an RC Boat. It should work if the boat only requires a 1S battery. What batteries do you use on your boat already? From there, you can tell how much MAH you need. This battery has 500 MAh. Also, 15c might be enough, but it depends in what boat you are using. These batteries can be drained in 10 minutes with no problems, but the amp draw of your boat will probably be less than my Qquadcopter. I do not really know.
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Yes, according to the manufacturer, though I haven't done so yet. There is a small flat area on the inside of the right-rear compartment that is meant to be used to attach a trolling motor. Drawback would appear to be the need to sit facing backwards in order to control a simple trolling motor. Also, so far as I can tell, the battery would need to sit unsecured on the floor of the boat. I wasn't aware of the mount mentioned by M. Evans but may look into it to see if it makes mounting a motor easier.
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I bought the "MinnKota Trolling Motor Power Center" for $62.00. It's big enough to hold a full size batter so I stuffed some cardboard around the DCM0035 to keep it from moving around. It keeps the battery dry, has a nice handle and 2 cigarette lighter type plug-ins (for my fish finder). I like it but you really don't need one.
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the best thing i did was purchased the rechargable batteries and then a charger for the recharger that came with the purchase of the boat , you will get more run times out of those batteries and wont have to purchase anymore AA batteries cause you will save in the long run with rechargables and just a charger that will plug -in to the battery pack recharger that comes with the boat, for instants regualor batteries get maybe two and a half charges versis for charges out of rechargables then with regualors you have to purchase more and rechargable just plug-in and then replay again.
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Could you please clarify? Are you going to mount the Hummingbird transducer to your trolling motor? If so, you just need the appropriate bracket. The new MinnKota Trolling motors have a built in transducer, and if you buy the right cable you can attach it to your Hummingbird fish finder. Hope that helps, if now pose another question.
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no it don't come with any battery you have to buy two li-Po batteries (DYNP4000EC )or Ni-MH (DYN1080EC) Batteries Try 3000 to 5000 amp batteries they work good with these boats and a Li- Po battery charger(DYN4066) OR PROPHET Sport ac/dc Peak Ni-PO charger(DYN4056)
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I've got a 12volt everlast marine battery. Seemed a little big for my pontoon but it works just fine. Don't have a fish finder yet but depending on the size of boat your using I'm sure connecting it to the battery wouldn't hurt. That's what I plan on doing.
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What a nice girlfriend! Yes, this will need to be hooked up to a 12 volt battery. I am assuming he has a boat to put it in. If that boat has electric start or an electric trolling motor it can be hooked up to either one of the batteries used to start the motor or power the trolling motor.