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Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 01:26 PM
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My starting battery gets weak by the end of the day. Running air pump and recirculating live well pump., two 12 inch graphs , one nine inch. After 4-5 hours the graphs shut down when I start the big motor. I am sure part of the problem is I am never running very far between stop. I will rarely run over a quart to half mile .
If I decide to add another battery, should it need deep cycle.? Mo
Last edited by Mo; 07/14/20 01:27 PM.
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 02:14 PM
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Do you ever use sleep mode on the two 12 inch graphs when you aren't sitting at the console? That would be a good step 1 to a solution that doesn't add so much weight to the boat. What age is the battery, and what are its' specs? Is there possibly a more powerful battery you could use? If you aren't already using a honkin' Group 31 battery for the main battery, I'd suggest trying that first. BTW, I've never seen an air pump (meaning bubbler with air-stone type) that used over 1/4th of an Amp, so having that particular item on is lost in the noise of the power you are using. It's a toss up on pumps or the 12" graphs. I'd bet a 12" graph pulls about as much power as a livewell pump.
If you want a battery for electronics, pumps, etc. only, then deep cycle is the right choice. If you also want it as a back-up battery to start your outboard, then you need a "dual purpose" battery as a best fit.
You didn't say what motor you have, so I have no idea of the amps you need for starting, which handicaps me a bit. There is one more option for adding an extra battery that involves one very heavy duty battery, one small but adequate starting-only battery, and a battery switch. Depending on the battery you have now, and its age, I'd suggest you look at what you might change about a single battery setup first (with habit change also). Which brand electronics do you use?
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 03:07 PM
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Thanks for the reply. , just checked my starting battery. 4 years old, only had 3/4 charge after being on charge over night. ,
Going to replace it , see how it goes.
Mo
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 03:37 PM
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Look at the specs of that battery, and try to get even more "reserve capacity" if you can, and certainly Group 31. This would be your chance to make the right change to make one battery work if that's possible. Try the sleep or low-power mode for your 12" screens. With Lowrance, the unit will return to full-brightness and operation instantly with no need to boot up. I don't know about other brands.
In time, if the above doesn't work for you, ding me and I'll tell you how I'd rig for two batteries.
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 05:45 PM
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Look at the specs of that battery, and try to get even more "reserve capacity" if you can, and certainly Group 31. This would be your chance to make the right change to make one battery work if that's possible. Try the sleep or low-power mode for your 12" screens. With Lowrance, the unit will return to full-brightness and operation instantly with no need to boot up. I don't know about other brands.
In time, if the above doesn't work for you, ding me and I'll tell you how I'd rig for two batteries. Humminbirds have a Standby mode that does the instant start-up like that.
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 08:24 PM
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I figured it did, I just wasn't familiar enough to say. I checked the 12" HDS Carbon specs out of curiousity, all at 13.8V, so the amperage could be a bit higher if the voltage at the unit is lower than that. Max amps is 2.3, typical is 2, and Standby is less than 720 mA, or 0.720 A. That standby is a whopping ~66% reduction in power from what it might be doing in normal mode. THAT is a huge savings, especially with two of them at the console that could be put in standby while fishing. The biggest thing it does is turn the display backlight off. From what I understand, the transducers don't even stop pinging, so if you want stealth, you need to do more than go into standby mode.
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 09:21 PM
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Will graphs share waypoints (Ie save on both units) by NMEA if one is in standby mode ( specifically a Lowrance TI and TI2 in my case).
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Re: Designated battery for electronics
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07/14/20 09:36 PM
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I am not sure. But, when you power the second one back up, the update should happen very quickly (within seconds). (This scenario is the same as having one unit powered down for a period of time.) You could easily test that theory out on the water to let us know!
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