[Okieman]

Thanks for the quick response. I have the ping speed at 100% now with the same result. I will just have to deal with it I guess.

Thanks,
Brian

[Okieman]

I have it charging tonight and I will take it out on the water again tomorrow to check the voltage while running. The battery was charged (green light on 4-bank charger) and we started fishing at 0630. It was about 1400 when it died on me. I had the normal equipment running (recirc, aeriator, front depth finder, GPS). This is exactly what happened with the original battery when I bought the boat. I took it back to Brech Marine and they did a load test and found out it wasnt performing right. The second battery ended up with a bad cell (died on me while I was deployed to Afghanistan. My wife charged my boat every two weeks while I was away and that is when she noticed the blinking red/green light on the cranking battery side of the charger). The only difference I noticed this time was when I would start the motor, it would turn off my front depth finder. Not sure if that means anything, but that was odd. Thanks, Okie

[Okieman]

The battery in question is a Powermaster Marine Cranking battery. I can not find any model number or type anywhere on the battery. It does have a couple of part numbers on the top (24M-1100 and 24M-650). I searched google, but no luck. Where can I purchase a 31 series Trojan battery? Thanks for the help, Okie

[Okieman]

Thank you for your replies. I have been racking my brain trying to figure out what could possibly be causing this issue. A friend of mine has an 07 Puma and he is on his second cranking battery. I did notice, not sure if it means anything though, that when I plugged in my 4 bank charger after fishing a tourney on Saturday, the lights for the three trolling motor batteries went to green within a few minutes. Kind of odd since I used the heck out of them all day trolling on the lake. Is it possible that the charger may be the cause of the battery issue? Is there a way to test the motor to see if it is charging the cranking battery while operating? Thanks again for any help on this confusing issue. Okie

[Okieman]

Here is a picture of what I bought. This one is from a different company (I found mine at BassPro and it wasnt marked so they sold it to me for $5). http://www.autotoys.com/x/product.php?productid=7788 I would cut out the two side pieces to give you more room to put things in it. But it is the same design as the one I bought. I put carpet in it and then used small bolts with lock nuts to mount to the bottom of the console. I drilled through the fiberglass under the console and bolted it on. I was only able to use three bolts (two on the left and one on the back because of the location of the fiberglass. But it holds what I need with no problem. I would love for BCB to look into doing this on their next modifications. Okieman

[Okieman]

WarEagle, I have an 07 PIV and I bought a Bass Pro Shop Stalker (tangle free net) that works perfect in the boat. It is light weight and is easy in / easy out of the storage compartment. Okie

[Okieman]

I just built my garage for my PIV and the one item that has made a huge difference is an outlet right above the back of the boat. I leave a small 6 foot ext. cord attached to the outlet and then use it to plug into my charging system. It is out of the way when walking around and stuff. Plus a peg board on one wall to hang up extra lures, rods, reels, etc… Good luck, Okie

[Okieman]

I use my boat on the weekend tourney and i dont charge the batteries until the day before i plan on fishing again. is this maybe causing me problems? should i charge them right away so they sit with a charge?

[Okieman]

Thanks Judd for the response. Only question now is if the cranking battery i have in now that died this weekend, is it salvageable? or did i kill it?

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