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Forum: General Carp Discussion
Thread: Bait boat lipo conversion
24 Sep 2020
@ 12:52pm
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electric is electric, a 12v lead acid battery is not 12v when fully charged its about 13v . and fails running about 11v
its doesn't matter in the slightest if its lipo or li ion which usually charge up to 12.6v. the difference is lead acid is easier to charge and cheaper.
The Amperage of a battery is the running time (time battery will hold a charge whilst being run) so the higher Amps the longer you can use without changing battery's.
the reason`s behind the use of lipo`s and li ion is 3 fold , current (amps) size, and weight.
a 10ah/12ah lead acid weighs in near 1kg (I do not know of bigger amperage lead acid that will actually fit in a baitboat) like motor bike batterys /car etc.
where as a 10ah li ion made from 6 say liitokalo 26650 cells will weigh in around half this weight, which wont make the boat run faster as such , but it will run longer specially if you have a twin battery boat. as the motors are pulling less weight around the lake.
Ive seen a microcat with battery packs made up of 12 of those cells making a 6v 30ah pack which last 24+hrs running time, so never needed bankside charging for a weeks fishing.
but you need a special charger to balance charge these, and more attention specially with lipo`s, many a fire has started by mistreating them, as with my original statement electric is electric = energy, the amount of energy you can put into a battery the same size as a 12v lead acid battery has tripled, meaning a 30ah battery that's 54mm W 26mm H and 170mm L has more energy packed into than TNT and that's why most countrys don't allow them on planes anymore and the royal mail refuse to deliver.
electric is electric, a 12v lead acid battery is not 12v when fully charged its about 13v . and fails running about 11v
its doesn't matter in the slightest if its lipo or li ion which usually charge up to 12.6v. the difference is lead acid is easier to charge and cheaper.
The Amperage of a battery is the running time (time battery will hold a charge whilst being run) so the higher Amps the longer you can use without changing battery's.
the reason`s behind the use of lipo`s and li ion is 3 fold , current (amps) size, and weight.
a 10ah/12ah lead acid weighs in near 1kg (I do not know of bigger amperage lead acid that will actually fit in a baitboat) like motor bike batterys /car etc.
where as a 10ah li ion made from 6 say liitokalo 26650 cells will weigh in around half this weight, which wont make the boat run faster as such , but it will run longer specially if you have a twin battery boat. as the motors are pulling less weight around the lake.
Ive seen a microcat with battery packs made up of 12 of those cells making a 6v 30ah pack which last 24+hrs running time, so never needed bankside charging for a weeks fishing.
but you need a special charger to balance charge these, and more attention specially with lipo`s, many a fire has started by mistreating them, as with my original statement electric is electric = energy, the amount of energy you can put into a battery the same size as a 12v lead acid battery has tripled, meaning a 30ah battery that's 54mm W 26mm H and 170mm L has more energy packed into than TNT and that's why most countrys don't allow them on planes anymore and the royal mail refuse to deliver.