I BOUGHT A $280 ELECTRIC BOAT MOTOR ON AMAZON!

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[RandomNooby]

Ive worked with Chinese electric motors for over a decade for various projects, the money they save is mainly in the mosfetts in the controller, they have a tendancy to burn out when they overheat, and lasting a year is usually the case, you can avoid this by never running over 75% power, or adding additional cooling.

[johntate]

Instead of those lead acid anchors, you could add one LiFePO4 server rack battery (about 90 pounds, and $1450) that would run that motor for 3 to 5 times longer than those lead acid batteries and dropping those deep cycle batteries to 39 volts probably took 200 or more charge discharge cycles off the battery life. The LiFePO4 battery can be fully discharged (about 5100 watts) 5000 times, so no worries about them. Add a 48 VDC to 12 VDC converter and run the trolling motor and all your 12 VDC accessories and save another 40 pounds, and add a 12 volt ICECO cooler full of beer to make the fishing even better. All from one 90 pound 5.1 kilowatt battery that will last 10 to 15 years under the harshest use. Thanks for another great video!

[wesdiezy]

Did you check to see if you can add gear oil to it? Sounds like its running dry. I just ordered the exact same motor, so I guess I'll see for my self. Also you can get a 20 AH 48v Lifepo4 battery for $300-350, that's what I'm using and it weighs 20lbs. I'm also going to see if adding a $25 voltage booster will increase top speed, and I can report back if you want.

[Pneuma]

I made my own electric outboard. I took a 24v motor from a junk electric lawn mower ground the shaft square to fit the drive shaft of a 3.5 hp toshiba outboard lower unit that had a seized cylinder. I could run it on 12v or 24v with two batteries. Really kicked with 24v.

[PerfectAgony]

“This thing rips” ***Goes slow af** 😂😂

[MichaelrennieG]

electric trolling motor probably better, I put a solar Panel on boat with one Deep cycle 100 ampere hour battery never ran out of power all day

[Big_Friendly]

Soon as I heard "with gas prices through the roof" I thought... Yeah, but have you looked at 48V battery prices. Glad you covered every angle of this thing in the video. Hope this video makes you $300 richer to cover cost of the engine.

[superdutyzack]

Since it's electric, you could probably run a dual motor setup for more power and it would be less stress on one motor.

[bmwigearhead]

Metal frame, 4 solar panels. Gives you shade, and charges batteries as you chill. Yes it only leaves side casting... but hey... no gasoline.

[mrp]

Get a solar setup on the back so while you stop to fish the batteries can charge up alittle.

[joshmcdonald]

Boy, I felt bad for you guys out there. I've spent many miserable days out on the water when it was cold and windy. HOWEVER....you gave me some things to think about when I invest in my outboard. Thanks for the video, it made a big difference to me!

[Sean.]

My 36 v fortrex will push my basscat 5.5 mph. That’s fully loaded tournament boat. You might look at getting one of those used and you can cut down to 3 batteries on the boat . And it’s a heck of a lot quieter lol

[TheTeeDay]

The big thing is to manage expectations with these electric motors. A good rule of thumb is to cut its rated power in half. They now make a 60v 10hp version that I believe would give you similar speed to your 5hp gas motor.

[mycomputer]

Why do people in boats cast as close to the shore as they can, and people on shore cast out as far as they can?

[knoxcrider]

I work on tornado sirens in tennessee, they are 48v DC, they have a battery backup that are 4 12v deep cycle marine batteries, they will run the siren and the rotator motor for about 20 minutes before the batteries either explode, or it catches it in time and shuts it down. The siren pulls about 190-200 amps.

[fredericklyon]

I think with a little tweaking and testing different batteries...maybe. Definitely worth $280 as an experiment.

[shanebaxley]

I used to work at UPS and we processed many amazon boxed and i can tell you i we all sling them boxes man and go fast asf lol so yeah that is why its not from the manufacture

[darrenbrowell]

Maybe you could mount a windmill on the front to charge your batteries. then put a hand crank on the fan and make an air boat out of it for safety in case the battery doesn't charge fast enough.

[ohhwell]

As seldom as I would actually go boating, an electric is really looking good to me just for the reduced maintenance.

[brux]

You could build your own Lithium battery packs for much cheaper. There's videos on youtube that show you how.