Originally Posted by James
Originally Posted by poorcountrypreacher
Originally Posted by gman
Aight, i'm kinda slow so yall help me out a little. I've got 2 12v 100ah lithiums coming today to run my 24v trolling motor. So i just run them in series like normal lead acid right. Jumper from bat 1 +pos to bat 2 -neg and run power like usual right? But then reading, they're saying something about a balancer? I bought a 12v lithium charger and my plan was to just pull the jumper and charge each battery individually. It is that easy ain't it?

Yes, it's that easy and I've been doing the exact same thing for several years now, although I started with 50 ah batteries and ran out of power on a couple of trips. I repurposed those batteries and got a pair of 100 ah about a year ago. I have a 12/24 charger, and I usually just charge them in 24 volt mode. Occasionally, I will charge them separately on 12 volt mode just to make sure they don't get way out of balance. I don't know if that's really necessary or not, but it certainly doesn't hurt anything.

I went with these instead of a 24 volt battery because I couldn't find a 24 volt that would fit my boat. I'm glad I did, as that allows me to use the old ones around the farm.

Not fit like in Battery Tray? Just curious cause mines smaller than my Lead batteries but i made it work

I fish in current often and wasn't happy with the performance of the 12 volt TM the boat had when I bought it. To switch to a 24 volt, I had to repurpose the area under the bow deck, but leave room in the middle for the TM cable. I couldn't find a 24 volt battery that would work, but I can use 2 of most any 12 volt batteries.

The only real downside of 2 12 volt batteries is that you double the chance of a bad BMS shutting you down.

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