Can I charge my trolling motor batteries with a solar panel?

How do I charge my trolling boat motor?

Using solar panels to charge a trolling boat is actually very simple, you just need to make sure that your solar panels are fixed securely and steadily and that there are no problems with the link of the solar panels to charge your boat directly, you don’t have to worry about any energy issues, as long as the solar panels can generate power automatically during the day when the sun is shining.

What solar panel should I choose to power my trolling boat?

The space available on the boat is limited for a fishing boat, to ensure the maximum power generation, you need a higher power solar panel, followed by the convenience, so the best solar panels should be foldable solar panels, of course, the size of the fishing boat is not the same, you can choose the solar panel that suits you better.

Advantages of using solar panels on trolling boats

(1) Convenience, trolling boats are generally far from the shore of the sea fishing, to stay at sea for a long time, solar panels to generate electricity without environmental restrictions, you can ensure that your boat is not in use to ensure that the motor battery power, at the same time, solar panels can be in your mooring for your battery charging to ensure that the next time you use the convenience.

(2) Battery protection, trolling boat motors basically use lead-acid batteries, this battery in the repeated over-charging and discharging will not only appear all kinds of faults and destroy the battery life when you use solar panels for its power supply can ensure that the battery in a healthier state, to protect the battery.

(3) energy source, for the traditional diesel generator, solar panels use solar energy unlimited and more environmentally friendly, he does not need to cost in addition to the purchase of solar panels themselves do not need to have other expenses.

(4) for small boats more cost-effective, for kayak-sized boat for fuel and oil expenses accounted for a lot of use of the sun as an energy supplement can effectively relieve the pressure, so you can enjoy the lake leisure time.

Disadvantages of using solar power on a trolling boat

Charging is slow, one of the big problems when installing solar panels on a trolling boat is that the space is too small for me to install larger solar panels on my trolling boat, which means that the solar panels on a trolling boat can’t have a high power level, and it usually takes a long time to fully charge the battery.

Can I just eliminate the batteries and power the motor directly from the solar panels?

This simply won’t work, not to mention whether solar panels can make the motor move, solar panels are greatly affected by the weather, you need to make sure that you are traveling with the high intensity of the sun at all times this is almost impossible, if you get a dark night you will lose power straight away, solar panels in fact are only able to push the motor in the summer months when the sun’s rays are at their strongest when you have multiple solar panels, so you will lose so space, so at other At no time will you be able to meet it, it’s not that solar panels don’t work for power generation, it’s just that the solar panels on the tug can’t meet it and can only be used as supplemental power.