Having problems with my ultrex. When I leave the house to go to the lake my batteries are fully charged. But by the time I make it to the lake I check the battery indicator on the ipiolet remote and it's at about a quarter left. I get about 30 min use until the battery indicator on the top left shows a (!) Symbol. The trolling motor still works but the Spot lock doesn't keep me in place too well . Another thing, My on dual pro onboard charger will show all batteries are fully charged. So I unplug it and turn on my ultrex. I check the battery indicator and it shows fully charged, but within 5 minute it starts dropping until it's completely out and the (!) Indicator shows again. Then I plug back in to charge and it shows the green lights on the charger. I turn the Ultrex on and the same thing happens. Shows full charge for a few minutes the starts draining. 

I'm running 2 27m-Interstate Batteries. Problem just occurred around a month ago. Boat is less than a year old. 

Thanks for the help

Sounds like the issue is your batteries. Have them tested. 

It sounds like you are saying that the Ultrex battery indicator shows your batteries are dropping but that's the ONLY indication that they are not fully charged?  Is your TM slowing down or stopping?  The first thing I would do is unplug the charger when fully charged and put a meter on each battery.  Then I would let them sit unused and not on the charger for several hours or overnight and put the meter on them again.  If there is not a substantial drop I would start using the Ultrex and watch keep checking them with the handheld meter. 

 

 I used to use Interstate exclusively.  My last two purchases convinced me to never use them again.  

5 minutes ago, BigAngus752 said:

It sounds like you are saying that the Ultrex battery indicator shows your batteries are dropping but that's the ONLY indication that they are not fully charged?  Is your TM slowing down or stopping?  The first thing I would do is unplug the charger when fully charged and put a meter on each battery.  Then I would let them sit unused and not on the charger for several hours or overnight and put the meter on them again.  If there is not a substantial drop I would start using the Ultrex and watch keep checking them with the handheld meter. 

 

 I used to use Interstate exclusively.  My last two purchases convinced me to never use them again.  

I don't notice it slowing down. The only thing I notice is when the battery indicator shows (!) Icon spot lock has me going all over the place even when it's not windy. When it shows about a quarter battery spot lock works fine like it used to always work. 

19 minutes ago, J Francho said:

Sounds like the issue is your batteries. Have them tested. 

I'll definitely check them. Thanks

On 4/18/2022 at 4:07 PM, J Francho said:

Sounds like the issue is your batteries. Have them tested. 

Thanks guys. You're right. Tested it and Bad battery. Probably going to go to lithiums. Anyone have good experience with them?