by herb fink » Wed Nov 03, 2010 12:46 pm
guys, thanks for responding to my inquiry about the academy 730 amp trolling motor battery...while i was waiting for your responses, i got on the internet for a tutorial on deep-cycle batteries and was amazed! it's no wonder i have purchased 30+ trolling motor batteries in my fishing career, i never bought a true deep-cycle battery in the first place. after reviewing this/these internet i've discovered that over all these years i've been buying these "dual" purpose deep-cycle starting batteries. according to these articles, the dual purpose battery will not perform anywhere near to what a true deep-cycle will. since i seldom have problems with strarting batteries, and only need the trolling motor batteries, i've decided that i will limp along on the old batteries until i can purchase 2 top-notch specifically deep-cycle batteries. i've looked at the blue top optimas, and they are looking like my next purchase, but i would appreciate any other words of wisdom you could forward...again, thanks for your imput!