I BOUGHT A $280 ELECTRIC BOAT MOTOR ON AMAZON!

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!

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!

“This thing rips” **Goes slow af* 😂😂

Man !!!! You made me laugh,I think the comment “Something is Burning “” I thought of the movie “Blind Fury “” IT MUST BE LOVE 💕

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.

Hey Tightlines, love your content, keep up the good work. I subscribed to your channel!

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.

Thanks for doing the video. I think with some shade tree mechanics you could add a solar charger with brackets, maybe review the quality of the wiring and contacts, put a different speed controller ect... 300 bucks I think it will be a good test motor for you. Honestly 40 mph winds though? That's tough for an ICE engine to plow water. We all know it's going electric soon, so we might as well get used to making the improvements that we would like to see as boaters. My opinion and 50 cents will just about get you a cup of coffee though. Take care.

This video made me subscribe!More unboxing vids please!😃

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.

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

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.

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.

promising stuff, as others have mentioned a shade/awning system with 100 watt solar panels facing up could be an interesting addition to a setup like for multi day trips but it would catch the wind more and i'm not sure if you get enough sun wear you are to make it a worthy investment could make a very intersting loadout for river trips though.

Do you guys allways run your outboardmotors without oil in the lower unit gear?

Thank you for the video. How long do you get for from a charge? Just wondering if thicker gauge wires with the batteries up front would help distribute the weight better.

Love your vids man

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

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?

what does the green CCS button do / mean? I have the 3HP model that has a similar button. The 3HP model actually worked seamlessly with basically no setup, out of the box working great