Thread: Electric reel - power supply options?

Originally Posted by screamO

Mate was using one of those little battery jump back things, works a treat. I actually just brought one of the little batteries that you strap to the rod, bloody great because you aren't hooked up to the boat...was about $400 but you should get a couple days out of it.

Yeah I have the same question as Beaker, How many amp hrs was the battery? I have the 9000 beastmaster as well and was shocked to learn what the max current draw was. I know the 4000 model listed below is not the same as the OPs but I would expect similar current draw.


The Shimano electric reels draw the below amperages

Dendau Maru 4000 - 10 amp

Beast master 9000 - 35 amp

So for me that's less than 30min run time out of my 12 A/hr Lithium kontiki battery.

Originally Posted by Got-ya

Yeah I have the same question as Beaker, How many amp hrs was the battery? I have the 9000 beastmaster as well and was shocked to learn what the max current draw was. I know the 4000 model listed below is not the same as the OPs but I would expect similar current draw.


The Shimano electric reels draw the below amperages

Dendau Maru 4000 - 10 amp

Beast master 9000 - 35 amp

So for me that's less than 30min run time out of my 12 A/hr Lithium kontiki battery.

I know when you have a couple of good blue nose on in 220m, the reel fare grunts.
Happy to have it hooked to the house battery!

Hard wiring a socket(s) might be the way forward then. I fish Kaikoura where it gets really deep really quickly so need a full day’s worth of power for two reels in at least 200m of water. I’m getting the impression that power banks are not going to be up to the task but I’m reluctant to install a second battery in a small boat. Guess that’s where these portable jump starters come into their own.

Originally Posted by Hayden C

Hard wiring a socket(s) might be the way forward then. I fish Kaikoura where it gets really deep really quickly so need a full day’s worth of power for two reels in at least 200m of water. I’m getting the impression that power banks are not going to be up to the task but I’m reluctant to install a second battery in a small boat. Guess that’s where these portable jump starters come into their own.

Hard wire the sockets in, onto you existing battery(with circuit breaker disconnect), and leave motor running when using. You should be good to go.
From memory the plug and socket was about $60-70. Cb maybe the same.
Oh and spare cord was from aliexpress.

Shimano/Daiwa electric fishing reel connecting line Power Cable Battery connection line
https://a.aliexpress.com/_msKYkxz

If you use electric eels as bait they become self powered

This is what I have
https://www.marine-deals.co.nz/batte...YaAjmVEALw_wcB

Don’t use a jump start pack, they have electrical circuits in them and salt water stuffs them real quick.

I just run 18ah dry cell batteries and they last a full days fishing out Kaikoura.

Like you I have a single battery setup but put a good size battery in and it would have not trouble running the reel. Remember they are only working for 4-5min at a time per lift.