12v 100ah Issues


  • Hello all,

    I use 2 12v 100ah smart batteries for my trolling motor wired in a series. I charge them both off a NOCO charger. They both will show 100% then after light use (today it was an hour of trolling at .5mph) or no use 1 battery will go to 0 while the other will still show 100%. I could run months on these batteries earlier this year, now this is the 3rd time it's happened. They're only powering the trolling motor and nothing else. Any ideas as to what's going on? Anyone else has this issue?



  • Are you sure they aren't in parallel?  (200Ah at 12V)
    It sounds like you have a bad jumper between two parallel batteries.  Only one would be discharged.

    If you are indeed running a 24V trolling motor, then do you have a 12V load connected across one of the batteries?  

    Just brainstorming.


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