Well, I already ordered the Minn Kota motor, and so now remains the
battery and the charger...

WHAT KIND OF CHARGER?

The link I gave above recommends this type...

http://www.boatersland.com/statpower.html

Which one though. The second one is recommended for deep cycle.
Thanks!

'Chargers: Most garage and consumer (automotive) type battery chargers
are bulk charge only, and have little (if any) voltage regulation.
They are fine for a quick boost to low batteries, but not to leave on
for long periods. Among the regulated chargers, there are the voltage
regulated ones, such as Iota Engineering and Todd, which keep a
constant regulated voltage on the batteries. If these are set to the
correct voltages for your batteries, they will keep the batteries
charged without damage. These are sometimes called "taper charge" - as
if that is a selling point. What taper charge really means is that as
the battery gets charged up, the voltage goes up, so the amps out of
the charger goes down. They charge OK, but a charger rated at 20 amps
may only be supplying 5 amps when the batteries are 80% charged. To
get around this, Statpower (and maybe others?) have come out with
"smart", or multi-stage chargers. These use a variable voltage to keep
the charging amps much more constant for faster charging.'

Oh, this site has all deep cycle chargers. I like the third one
because it's cheaper...

http://www.batterymart.com/c-deep-cy...-chargers.html

http://www.batterymart.com/p-cliplig...y-charger.html

donquijote1954 wrote:
Oh, this site has all deep cycle chargers. I like the third one
because it's cheaper...

http://www.batterymart.com/c-deep-cy...-chargers.html

http://www.batterymart.com/p-cliplig...y-charger.html


I looked at them.

From experience I know that the AGM or spiral batteries are 'very'
picky about being overcharged. They will still vent hydrogen like a
normal battery on hard charge, but just don't have that much to vent so
they 'boil' dry easy.

For this reason I personally would go for one with an AGM 'switch'. I
think it would be worth it.

The second one also has the AGM sensing technology and it's waterproof.
Sometimes the fancy stuff like the 1st isn't always the 'best' stuff.

The 3rd or 'cliplite' only says it is for conventional lead acid
batteries....

If you will be charging at home or from a power grid, input voltage
sensing isn't needed like some have for running off inverters or generators.

Mike

On Dec 22, 2:08*pm, Mike Romain wrote:
donquijote1954 wrote:
Oh, this site has all deep cycle chargers. I like the third one
because it's cheaper...

http://www.batterymart.com/c-deep-cy...-chargers.html

http://www.batterymart.com/p-cliplig...y-charger.html

I looked at them.

*From experience I know that the AGM or spiral batteries are 'very'
picky about being overcharged. *They will still vent hydrogen like a
normal battery on hard charge, but just don't have that much to vent so
they 'boil' dry easy.

For this reason I personally would go for one with an AGM 'switch'. *I
think it would be worth it.

The second one also has the AGM sensing technology and it's waterproof.
* Sometimes the fancy stuff like the 1st isn't always the 'best' stuff.

The 3rd or 'cliplite' only says it is for conventional lead acid
batteries....

If you will be charging at home or from a power grid, input voltage
sensing isn't needed like some have for running off inverters or generators.

Mike

My mistake. I went for the low price instead of the features.

Thank you, I'll go for the first one. And I'd probably go with the
bigger battery in AGM, just in case. Thank you again!

Hey, guys, what you think about this one... it's cheap and cute...

http://westcobattery.com/chargers.html

On Dec 24, 5:00*pm, donquijote1954
wrote:
Hey, guys, what you think about this one... it's cheap and cute...

http://westcobattery.com/chargers.html

OK, I think I got it. The small battery I had in mind was rated at
32Ah, which is the rated capacity of this charger. What I can do is
get two AGM small batteries (West Marine, on sale $96). Better weight
distribution in the canoe and more flexibility.

donquijote1954 wrote:
On Dec 24, 5:00 pm, donquijote1954
wrote:
Hey, guys, what you think about this one... it's cheap and cute...

http://westcobattery.com/chargers.html

OK, I think I got it. The small battery I had in mind was rated at
32Ah, which is the rated capacity of this charger. What I can do is
get two AGM small batteries (West Marine, on sale $96). Better weight
distribution in the canoe and more flexibility.

I would try to find out the power draw from those motors before spending
money.

The 'old' school Minn Kota motors (pre 85) would last an 8 hour day
fishing when pushing a freighter canoe with 5 people or a row boat with
3 or 4 people on one car sized battery.

The new motors are supposed to be much better for battery life also.

If you motor only draws say 2 amps on medium speed which is almost water
skiing speed in a canoe, the battery should last about 15 hours.

The motors I had needed a sea anchor to keep them slow enough for
trolling weed patches. We used a bucket on a rope.

Mike

donquijote1954 wrote:
Well, I already ordered the Minn Kota motor, and so now remains the
battery and the charger...

WHAT KIND OF CHARGER?

The link I gave above recommends this type...

http://www.boatersland.com/statpower.html

Which one though. The second one is recommended for deep cycle.
Thanks!

Nope, it's only for lead acid batteries and gel, no mention of AGM or
spiral.

Quote: Supports charging for flooded or gel lead-acid batteries.

Mike