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    Best lithium for a Yamaha 250 SHO

    Ionic lithium 125 dual purpose a good choice to power my Yamaha 250 SHO? Any other recommendations? Thanks in advance

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    The Ionic is a good battery. The best thing to do is figure out how many amps you are using in a typical 8-10 hr day, then determine battery. They are making some bigger AH cranking batteries now. No need for a seperate electronics battery in most cases.

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    as long as you are not pulling over 10 to 12 amps and you are starting the motor a few times a day the 125ah will be fine
    we have plenty of those in stock and also other options if you are looking for something larger

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    We offer a few options, 105ah, 120ah and a 160ah. All of our crankers come with a Full 10 year warranty

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    I purchased the Ionic 125ah for my Merc 250 ProXS and also runs my electronics (1 console, 2 at bow) and livewells with no issues and have had the battery for 2 years now. Andy at Drewcraft is the man!

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    Our 105ah or new 160 ah would be the best choice!! both have emergency start feature built into battery BBC discounts available Go with the best Powerhouse lithium

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    Been running an Ionic 125a for two and a half years now along with 4 12” graphs, livescope, mega 360 and everything else. Been in a few tournaments where I was on the water for 8-9 hours and only started big motor to move once or twice a short distance and lowest I’ve drawn it down to was around 50%

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    Epoch batteries makes a nice starter/house battery as well. 120AH and $799.

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    #9
    Quote Originally Posted by ThomasD View Post
    Been running an Ionic 125a for two and a half years now along with 4 12” graphs, livescope, mega 360 and everything else. Been in a few tournaments where I was on the water for 8-9 hours and only started big motor to move once or twice a short distance and lowest I’ve drawn it down to was around 50%
    What graphs are you running?

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    Quote Originally Posted by msupc View Post
    What graphs are you running?
    3 Helix 12’s networked and a Garmin 1222

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    I went with a 120AH Impulse Lithium for my 250 Yamaha SHO. I run 4-12" Lives (1 is a Pro now) Active Target and never even close to an issue fishing tournaments. I am running Live well pumps and oxygenator continually also. Not to mention a long run in the lakes I fish is 5-8 minutes. I have ran to my first area many times and never started the big engine again until time to head to weigh in. That is almost a full 8 hours running all my accessories without a charge from the big engine!

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    Quote Originally Posted by ThomasD View Post
    3 Helix 12’s networked and a Garmin 1222
    Interesting. I would think your total amp load would be near or exceed 12 amps.

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    I'm now running 5 graphs, LVS and M360 and my 125 can get pretty low, since it's now dedicated and not getting charge by the big motor. I've been looking at either adding a Powerhouse Run n Gun, a Yandina Combiner, or adding a 50ah in parallel. I really don't have room for the 50ah though, so probably will be options 1 or 2.