Single 12v Battery for a 24v 80# thrust Motor?

I currently have a 55 pound thrust Minnakota trolling motor but recently sold my canoe and got a 14 ft KaBoat inflatable raft. It’s noticeably slower on the water with this set up and gear. I’m considering buying a 80# thrust 24v trolling motor to move faster and have more power for windier, rougher conditions.

Since I only go out on a lake for 3-4 hours at a time and often troll slow or anchor, does it make sense to see if I can just use my current 12v battery with the 80# hurst 24v trolling motor before going to a two battery set up? Or would a single battery setup simply not take advantage of the full thrust of the motor or die too quickly?

Any help would be appreciated.

How do you get 24 volts out of a single 12 volt battery?

I’m new to this. Are you saying that using 12v battery With a 24v motor wouldn’t work? I was told it would by a battery plus employee. Just lower output and reduced time. But I don’t know.

Bill Basswell wrote:

I’m new to this. Are you saying that using 12v battery With a 24v motor wouldn’t work? I was told it would by a battery plus employee. Just lower output and reduced time. But I don’t know.

Yea I guess I’m not sure , seems like if it did it would be less than what your running now

I wonder what the run time would be if you went to two small batterys like for a motorcycle or a atv. You could build a small box and have them side by side . Probably take up as much room and weight as one large battery. Then you’d have twenty four volts.

I saw that I could by two much smaller 12vs and they’d prob be a combined size and weight as my current large 12v battery.

Pretty sure if there’s not 24v it won’t work. For my my 24v if 1 battery is dead, it’s dead too.

You want more power but don’t want to supply it more power?

Supply the motor with what it needs.

You need 2.I would get a second one and it will haul a$$ with that motor.

Thanks. So I’ve read an article that says more thrust won’t translate to more speed. I’d think it would. It sounds like your experience is that the higher thrust would make a difference then! Cool.

Some older motors were 12/24 switchable.But the newer ones need the specified voltage to work properly.
Another option is to get a 24V lithium iron phosphate battery,very expensive but weighs 1/2 of what a SLA/AGM single 12V battery weighs.They also come in 36V that do not weigh much more.

Appreciate the replies. Very helpful!

It will run on 12 volts but as stated less power, I ran a 36 volt Ulterra on 24 volts and it worked as it should just less power.