battery to suit electric reel
Submitted by Cruise Control on Wed, 2012-12-26 11:56
G,Day guys, looking for some advice as to what battery I need to run a Miya Epoch CX5. Boat runs twin battery set up but am preferring to run the reel off an independant source.
Do I need a deep cycle battery or a car battery or is there a specific battery pack that is designed for the purpose ? How many hours would I reasonably expect to get out of a battery. I also assume that I simply need to whack it onto a charger to make sure it is topped up and ready for use.
Any advice appreciated.
cheers
Bartybartfast
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Since it can draw up to 20
Since it can draw up to 20 amps or there abouts
Powering from the boat would be your best option
Independent source would be recharged in the boat if you need a long fight
And carting extra batteries seems dead weight
snappermiles
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batteries
we use three electrics at once and we have them all connected to the boat batteries via small anderson plugs but before we had this setup we just had one decent seperate deep cycle battery running the three without a problem just remember to top it up after every use!
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southcity104
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Ive been using
Yuasa NP38- 12
There a gel lead acid. 38amp 12volt. At full power on a daiwa tanacom and miya cx4 they pull 10amps on the tong meter. So far after continual use during fishing ive never experienced a loss of power. Generally your winch time is around 4.5 minutes in the 300m+ depths and say you do 10 to 15 drops for the day with a total run time of 45 to 1hr 10 mins out of a 38Aamp hour battery. Youll have plenty left over. Im going to to try an NP12 next trip to see how it holds.
Im no battery wizz and really cant answer the benifits of running a deep cycl to a cranking battery.
Anyways
Tony
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Starbug
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In a nut shell. Cranking
In a nut shell. Cranking babtteries can deliver high amps for short bursts (starting) but dont like to be discharged too deep and for any lenght of time. They require recharging quickly to avoid reducing their life span. Starting usualy only pulls 1-2%of the total charge capacity.
Deep discharge can supply moderate current loads for extended periods, and be discharged to 50% or more of their capacity. The greater the discharge depth the less life span thy will have. As with crank batteries the like to be recharged s soon as possible to avoid reducing there life span. Deep discharge recharge at a slowery rate than crank batteries and often require a multi stage charger to charge them properly.
Marine batteries are a compromise between the two, in adition to mechanical strengthing to survive shock and vibration.
For an electric reel I would be looking at deep discharge.
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Knot Big Enuff
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Daiwa Battery SL8800
That's what I'm using now; had it on my CX4 and now Seaborg, never reached half its charge during a session (connected to one reel only at a time). Pricey, but you can find good deals around the US.
http://www.daiwa.com/Accessory/battery_packs.aspx
Cheers,
Hesh
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Cruise Control
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cheers guys. will probably
cheers guys. will probably go the deep discharge