Hey Everyone,
I'm a long time reader of the forum this is the first time I've posted anything though. I have a 14' lonestar, I think it's a commander model. Don't know much about the boat, it came with little to no documentation, the title listed the manufacturer and model as unknown. No one that's seen it can tell me more than that they "think" it's a lonestar. I'm assuming commander is the model because it says commander on a plate on one of the seats.
Anyway, I could use some help understanding what size battery I can use to run my humminbird 587ci. I have a normal deep cycle marine battery in the bow of my boat that runs my trolling motor. The fish finder is near the stern, I could run some wire up to the bow battery but I'd rather not, the boat is unfinished so there's no good place to secure the wiring. Also I've heard that the TM may cause some interference with the FF. I tried running the fish finder off an old 12v security system battery that I had lying around. It's sealed and really small, seemed like a good option. The space is especially important to me, I don't want another full size marine battery. They're expensive, heavy, and take up space that I don't really have. The security system battery worked great for about 5 minutes then the FF shut off. I started the FF again and it only stayed on for 2 minutes. After that about 20 seconds. I'm assuming it drained the battery (or the FF was pulling more than it could handle). This doesn't really make sense to me because the FF only requires a 3amp fuse so it can't be pulling too much. Does anyone know where I can find a small, relatively inexpensive battery that could run this fish finder for at least 3 or 4 hours without harming the FF or going dead?
I think my dad has a battery that was used in some capacity on an air compressor, I might try that next. Just wondering if there are any battery experts out there than can help me understand what I need to look for in a battery to make sure that it will actually run the FF. I'd like to get out of the trial and error approach.
Thanks!
edit: Forgot to mention that I've read on here that some people use tractor and/or motorcycle batteries. I was thinking of that as an option also. Can anyone tell me how well they work with the color FF with GPS?
I'm a long time reader of the forum this is the first time I've posted anything though. I have a 14' lonestar, I think it's a commander model. Don't know much about the boat, it came with little to no documentation, the title listed the manufacturer and model as unknown. No one that's seen it can tell me more than that they "think" it's a lonestar. I'm assuming commander is the model because it says commander on a plate on one of the seats.
Anyway, I could use some help understanding what size battery I can use to run my humminbird 587ci. I have a normal deep cycle marine battery in the bow of my boat that runs my trolling motor. The fish finder is near the stern, I could run some wire up to the bow battery but I'd rather not, the boat is unfinished so there's no good place to secure the wiring. Also I've heard that the TM may cause some interference with the FF. I tried running the fish finder off an old 12v security system battery that I had lying around. It's sealed and really small, seemed like a good option. The space is especially important to me, I don't want another full size marine battery. They're expensive, heavy, and take up space that I don't really have. The security system battery worked great for about 5 minutes then the FF shut off. I started the FF again and it only stayed on for 2 minutes. After that about 20 seconds. I'm assuming it drained the battery (or the FF was pulling more than it could handle). This doesn't really make sense to me because the FF only requires a 3amp fuse so it can't be pulling too much. Does anyone know where I can find a small, relatively inexpensive battery that could run this fish finder for at least 3 or 4 hours without harming the FF or going dead?
I think my dad has a battery that was used in some capacity on an air compressor, I might try that next. Just wondering if there are any battery experts out there than can help me understand what I need to look for in a battery to make sure that it will actually run the FF. I'd like to get out of the trial and error approach.
Thanks!
edit: Forgot to mention that I've read on here that some people use tractor and/or motorcycle batteries. I was thinking of that as an option also. Can anyone tell me how well they work with the color FF with GPS?
