Another LIPO battery for FF - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

driftwood · 05-16-2016, 11:55 AM

If the monitor goes off and you can't reach it to turn it off it will take a year to drain your battery. It uses a tiny LED light and beeper is DC.

So no.... the monitor will not drain your battery. And yes I have years of experience. Who taught you how to do this? I have never seen anybody else use this system on kayak before.

hiramehunter · 05-16-2016, 12:30 PM

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Originally Posted by driftwood

Who taught you how to do this? I have never seen anybody else use this system on kayak before.

My other hobby is RC cars

I've got several that run on Lipo.

YOYOYaker · 05-16-2016, 12:37 PM

Cool. I was wondering if any of you guys are using LiPo packs for anything on your yaks. I have enjoyed building and flying R/C airplanes, helicopters for many years now, and these batteries have really helped the performance of electric models. I just last night built up a 2S2P 5300 mAH 7.4 volt pack for my bait tank. The pump draws 800 milliamps at 7.4V, which should give 5 hours of continuous running. The pack weighs about 10 ounces. A word of caution though, Lithium packs must be charged with constant current to 4.2 volts per cell, then constant voltage the remainder of the charge cycle. All cells must be balanced individually (exactly the same voltage on each of the cells). Luckily, there are chargers available that take care of this for us. As long as the cells are not discharged below 3 volts per cell, and they are used within their discharge rate capabilities, they last and last. Alarms, or a form of auto shut-down at 3 volts per cell-as mentioned in above posts should always be used.

Harry Hill · 05-16-2016, 06:01 PM

LiPo batteries are great but really dangerous if you make a mistake with one or damage it. Be really careful on charging it, buy a charging bag and put the battery in it while you are charging it. If it catches fire, and they do, it will burn down your house or garage or wherever you are charging it. They burn white hot and a fire extinguisher won't put it out. Never let them get below 3.3 volts per cell, just to be safe and get a cheap voltage checker from a hobby store, it will save your battery.

05-16-2016, 11:55 AM	#1
driftwood Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: SAN DIEGO Posts: 1,086	If the monitor goes off and you can't reach it to turn it off it will take a year to drain your battery. It uses a tiny LED light and beeper is DC. So no.... the monitor will not drain your battery. And yes I have years of experience. Who taught you how to do this? I have never seen anybody else use this system on kayak before. __________________ "The secret of life? one thing just one thing only. That's what you gotta figure out" curly

05-16-2016, 06:01 PM	#4
Harry Hill Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2015 Location: Yucaipa, CA Posts: 1,136	LiPo batteries are great but really dangerous if you make a mistake with one or damage it. Be really careful on charging it, buy a charging bag and put the battery in it while you are charging it. If it catches fire, and they do, it will burn down your house or garage or wherever you are charging it. They burn white hot and a fire extinguisher won't put it out. Never let them get below 3.3 volts per cell, just to be safe and get a cheap voltage checker from a hobby store, it will save your battery. __________________ you can't eat it if you release it

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05-16-2016, 12:37 PM	#3
YOYOYaker Junior Join Date: Nov 2015 Location: San Marcos, CA Posts: 28	Cool. I was wondering if any of you guys are using LiPo packs for anything on your yaks. I have enjoyed building and flying R/C airplanes, helicopters for many years now, and these batteries have really helped the performance of electric models. I just last night built up a 2S2P 5300 mAH 7.4 volt pack for my bait tank. The pump draws 800 milliamps at 7.4V, which should give 5 hours of continuous running. The pack weighs about 10 ounces. A word of caution though, Lithium packs must be charged with constant current to 4.2 volts per cell, then constant voltage the remainder of the charge cycle. All cells must be balanced individually (exactly the same voltage on each of the cells). Luckily, there are chargers available that take care of this for us. As long as the cells are not discharged below 3 volts per cell, and they are used within their discharge rate capabilities, they last and last. Alarms, or a form of auto shut-down at 3 volts per cell-as mentioned in above posts should always be used.