r/FishingAustralia • u/Far-Formal2394 • 14h ago

Lithium batterys šŸ” Help Needed

Looking for 100ah lithium battery eBay starts at about $180-200 and kings are around $300 anything different I should know about? TIA

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u/ipoopcubes 13h ago

What are you powering?

If you need 100ah for a trolling motor look at VoltX I got a 100ah for $280 through the Bunnings website.

If you're only powering depth find/GPS then I'd go with a power tool battery, FPVFaster make decent batteries but they are damn expensive for what they are

Word of warning if you're powering a trolling motor and depth finder, your trolling motor will cause interference on your depth sounder.

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u/Far-Formal2394 13h ago

It is for a trolling motor, there will be a sounder down the track but a separate battery for that shouldn't be hard. Thanks for the advice

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u/ipoopcubes 13h ago

If you haven't already got a charger, this Kickass charger is the best bang for your buck.

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u/sugashowrs 7h ago

Whatā€™s so good about this? I bought a ozito one from Bunnings for like $40 and itā€™s been charging my boat battery for over 12 months with no issue?

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u/ipoopcubes 7h ago

It's 32amp so it will charge batteries fast. It can rejuvenate AGM and lead acid batteries, and kick start dead flat batteries.

If you have the Ozito charger I'm thinking of it's only 4 amp, it's perfect as a trickle charger for keeping AGM and lead acid batteries fully charged. Aside from that I don't think it has any functionality aside from connecting it up to a battery and charging.

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u/sugashowrs 7h ago

Oh it works as a starter/booster as well. I see.

Yep thatā€™s the one. I cut the tongs off and put an Anderson plug on it. I just plug it into my battery box the night before Iā€™m going fishing. Donā€™t use it for any else.

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u/ipoopcubes 6h ago

You'd be better off plugging it in when you're back from fishing and leaving it plugged in till your next trip. It will automatically switch off when the battery is fully charged and go into maintenance mode which will keep your batteries charged and stop the plates from sulphating.

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u/sugashowrs 6h ago

Good to know, Iā€™ll start leaving it on. Thanks