Will this battery work for a solar powered boat lift? I know I need a deep cycle battery but I'm confused about the term starting battery. Lonnie
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You would need a marine deep cycle blue top battery for your application. Yellow tops are for autos heavy on electronics.
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This battery is a starting/deep cycle battery and should work fine if you're not running the lift 10 times a day and if you've got a high amp solar panel you might get to do that,
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I just picked up a battery at my local fleet farm. The key is to ensure that you get a marine battery since it is going to be subjected to constant trickle charging and full discharge situations. Typically any marine battery will work as the system only needs 12volts to run on. They had a "Resolute MDC24" marine battery on sale, that stated you might be able to find one cheaper through Amazon Prime.
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That battery is designed to be the starter battery and I also use it for all my non-trolling motor electrical needs. I'm going on year 3 with mine and it's as strong as the day I bought it. Trolling motor batteries are deep cycle; starter batteries have a higher output.
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Any inexpensive marine deep cycle battery will do. But remember if you use an independent battery it will need to be charged between uses.
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I use two 6 volt trojan T105 in series for the house bank of my sail boat. I have minimal power requirements apart from powering my refrigeration system. The 200 W kit from Renogy seems to do the job quite well keeping the battery bank charged.
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You should be using a deep cycle Marine/RV battery. I'm using these on my travel trailer and they work great with good sun exposure.
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I don't use it on a boat (I use it for my solar panel) and I don't have a box to inclose the battery, so I don't know what is the best size for this battery.
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Just a good deep cycle marine battery. Quality would be relative to your budget. Just make sure it's a deep cycle marine battery.
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Hi, Melvin... I have operated these motors on one 1.5V battery and they run like crazy. What the power source is has nothing to do with whether the motor will run, or not. A solar cell is a power source the same as a battery, so I would say yes, definitely, but the motor would run much slower on 1/3 the voltage. Hope this helped!
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Do not wire it straight to the panel as it will over charge your battery in nothing flat. The panel came with a charge controller than it very easy to wire into the system. You wire your load up to 10 amps through the charge controller. If you are going to pull more amperage than 10 amps then hard wire that load to the battery. As far as charging the "low" battery there is a formula to determine the charge time but there are several variables you need to know to figure that out. It has no problems meeting our electrical needs on board a 20 foot sailboat with one deep cycle battery on board but our total load is less than 4 amps if everything was on at once. We have been just totally pleased with the panel and controller as they meet our needs perfectly.
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This is a battery for trolling motor use. Check out Vmax website for a cranking battery. They make top of the line batteries and stand behind all their products. You do not want a deep cycle AGM battery for starting a motor.
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I would not recommend it unless you are using as a system to charge for several SUNNY days after each use. This is a 75W charger. You could look at potentially buying two chargers, just keep in mind these are solar, so you are dependent on the sun, but it did work great for my boat battery. If you are driving a lot, you might want to look into buying an alternator or if your boat is not designed for one, you might want to consider a portable generator. It really depends on how you plan to use the power source.
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This is not a deep cycle battery. It runs my lawn equipment with no problem but I seriously doubt if you could run an outboard motor with it. it would start it but that's about it. Good luck.
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I agree with the other posts . You need Deep cycle batteries but you also can find power inverted made to accomplish this task the only question being capacity wattage and if it has pure sine wave out put as long as your load isn't more than what the inver can provide and battery has enough capacity & is of correct type then you should be fine . Never however modify or tinker with UPS and modify it beyond what the design say .
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No, I don't think this battery is really suited for that purpose. It has plenty of cranking amps available for starting engines, but not long time deep discharge capabilities that a trolling motor would demand of it.
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You can use the battery, but it may not be a deep cycle. If the battery is for starting a gas operated mower it is not. If you are going to have a load that discharges the battery to low levels, it is better to have a deep cycle. I use an old car battery to run led lighting in my storage shed at night, but the battery never gets discharged very much, and to keep my deep cycle batteries for my camp trailer charged during the winter.
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I actually use this for my boat, any 12V battery will work, if you want to have something around that will last a long time, pick up a ATV battery at Walmart. It will probably run for days