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Topic: Fish finder  (Read 4819 times)

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  • View Profile The Impractical Fishermen
  • Location: Hanford, California
  • Date Registered: Jan 2012
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Most 800w grey screen fish finders can be powered for 12-14 hours on 8 AA batteries.  More powerful units with GPS or color screens greatly reduce the run time on AA batts.   I use a 7.2Ah 12v that will power my Eagle Cuda 350 FF+GPS and LED lights for 40+ hours on a charge.  Haven't played much with solar stuff, but I imagine it would greatly extend battery life.
I got the same fishfinder, I  fish for about 6 hours a trip and charge it about every 6 trips. Vexlair makes batteries and chargers for Flashers and fishfinders that work great. I have even seen a 12v toy car battery used. My charger is also a battery tender so it is safe to keep it on days at a time and it has actually become more reliable then when I first got it 2 years ago.
 
What size inline fuse is reccomended?

 Most FF ask for a 3amp fuse to be installed.... as close to the battery as possable.

For my Cuda it was 5amp, They are all different, I used a mini fuse so If I need to I can steal one from a car's fuse panel. Haven't blown it yet.
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  Sure post up what you used, how you did it etc.. Perhaps someone new to the site, will be able to use the information. (As you've done) I guess this could be viewed in some samll part, as a pay-it-forward?




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  • View Profile The Impractical Fishermen
  • Location: Hanford, California
  • Date Registered: Jan 2012
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I have this charger

They rock here is a link to check them out.
http://vexilar.com/pages/accessories/accy_batteries_v-410.php
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Yellow Ocean Kayak Prowler Trident 13
Blue MAd River 14 Foot Canoe

Lucid Fishing: Product Tester.


  • View Profile The Impractical Fishermen
  • Location: Hanford, California
  • Date Registered: Jan 2012
  • Posts: 111
http://theimpracticalfishermen.blogspot.com/
https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Impractical Fishermen/177443682354400

Yellow Ocean Kayak Prowler Trident 13
Blue MAd River 14 Foot Canoe

Lucid Fishing: Product Tester.