Canoe...Fishfinder...Am I crazy?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it being
a 15'6" canoe and all

Not sure what a 'regular' marine battery is, but I use a Minn-Kota with
battery in a 12' canoe with no problems

Yea, I think you're crazy for attaching a canoe to your fishfinder lol

Warren ;-)

"Rich Conley" wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
There are any of a number of fishfinders that will do the trick. I had a
Fish ID that used a battery Pack of D -Cells.

You could easily run any fishfinder off of 12V 7AH gell cell for several
days between recharges.

I think Cabelas sells the batteries for around 24.95. I get them for a
fraction of that for alarm backups for my alarm company.

If you went to a 12V 4AH battery it would still run a fish finder for a
day
or two between charges.


wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich




What is a decent charger for a small gel cell? A standard automotive
charger would cook and swell a gel cell after a couple of times.

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
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"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
There are any of a number of fishfinders that will do the trick. I had
a
Fish ID that used a battery Pack of D -Cells.

You could easily run any fishfinder off of 12V 7AH gell cell for
several
days between recharges.

I think Cabelas sells the batteries for around 24.95. I get them for a
fraction of that for alarm backups for my alarm company.

If you went to a 12V 4AH battery it would still run a fish finder for a
day
or two between charges.


wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards
fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it
being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that
would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich




What is a decent charger for a small gel cell? A standard automotive
charger would cook and swell a gel cell after a couple of times.



Use a 500ma rated dc power supply with clips on the leads. I'ld just vut off
he end and solder or crimp on connectors to connect to the battery. Charge
for 14-16 hours for a 7 ah battery. Its easy and cheap for a charger. The
big drawback is that if you use one you have to remember to disconnect it
because it has no overcharge protection. On the other hand at only 500
mills it will dissipate quite a bit of overcharge as heat before it will
damage the battery,

If you need some of those batteries or power supplies drop me a line Bill.
I keep a couple cases on the shelf in the office.

--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
All about fishing in Yuma, Arizona
Promote Your Fishing Website FOR FREE

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
There are any of a number of fishfinders that will do the trick. I
had
a
Fish ID that used a battery Pack of D -Cells.

You could easily run any fishfinder off of 12V 7AH gell cell for
several
days between recharges.

I think Cabelas sells the batteries for around 24.95. I get them for
a
fraction of that for alarm backups for my alarm company.

If you went to a 12V 4AH battery it would still run a fish finder for
a
day
or two between charges.


wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom
gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards
fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it
being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that
would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich




What is a decent charger for a small gel cell? A standard automotive
charger would cook and swell a gel cell after a couple of times.



Use a 500ma rated dc power supply with clips on the leads. I'ld just vut
off
he end and solder or crimp on connectors to connect to the battery.
Charge
for 14-16 hours for a 7 ah battery. Its easy and cheap for a charger.
The
big drawback is that if you use one you have to remember to disconnect it
because it has no overcharge protection. On the other hand at only 500
mills it will dissipate quite a bit of overcharge as heat before it will
damage the battery,

If you need some of those batteries or power supplies drop me a line Bill.
I keep a couple cases on the shelf in the office.

--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
All about fishing in Yuma, Arizona
Promote Your Fishing Website FOR FREE



I have a couple of power supplies laying around. As to overcharge. Get a
$5 timer from Home Depot and take the "ON" tab off. Then set the charge
time hour many hours you want before the "Off" tab turns the timer off. No
"on" tab, so charge is complete. Went this way after cooking a couple of
trolling motor batteries. I do not use a portable fish finder at present,
but thinking of getting another Kayak besides my tandem and then I will need
one of those batteries.
Bill

"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
"Calif Bill" wrote in message
ink.net...

"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
There are any of a number of fishfinders that will do the trick. I
had
a
Fish ID that used a battery Pack of D -Cells.

You could easily run any fishfinder off of 12V 7AH gell cell for
several
days between recharges.

I think Cabelas sells the batteries for around 24.95. I get them
for
a
fraction of that for alarm backups for my alarm company.

If you went to a 12V 4AH battery it would still run a fish finder
for
a
day
or two between charges.


wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom
gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards
fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the
canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it
being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that
would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or
something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich




What is a decent charger for a small gel cell? A standard automotive
charger would cook and swell a gel cell after a couple of times.



Use a 500ma rated dc power supply with clips on the leads. I'ld just vut
off
he end and solder or crimp on connectors to connect to the battery.
Charge
for 14-16 hours for a 7 ah battery. Its easy and cheap for a charger.
The
big drawback is that if you use one you have to remember to disconnect
it
because it has no overcharge protection. On the other hand at only 500
mills it will dissipate quite a bit of overcharge as heat before it will
damage the battery,

If you need some of those batteries or power supplies drop me a line
Bill.
I keep a couple cases on the shelf in the office.

--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
All about fishing in Yuma, Arizona
Promote Your Fishing Website FOR FREE



I have a couple of power supplies laying around. As to overcharge. Get a
$5 timer from Home Depot and take the "ON" tab off. Then set the charge
time hour many hours you want before the "Off" tab turns the timer off.
No
"on" tab, so charge is complete. Went this way after cooking a couple of
trolling motor batteries. I do not use a portable fish finder at present,
but thinking of getting another Kayak besides my tandem and then I will
need
one of those batteries.
Bill


Let me know when you do and I'll send you one. I won't say in a public
forum what dealer cost is, but I will say Cabelas makes an incredibly huge
markup on them.


--
Bob La Londe
www.YumaBassMan.com
All about fishing in Yuma, Arizona
Promote Your Fishing Website FOR FREE

On Sat, 21 Feb 2004 01:04:00 GMT, "Calif Bill"
wrote:


"Bob La Londe" wrote in message
...
There are any of a number of fishfinders that will do the trick. I had a
Fish ID that used a battery Pack of D -Cells.

You could easily run any fishfinder off of 12V 7AH gell cell for several
days between recharges.

I think Cabelas sells the batteries for around 24.95. I get them for a
fraction of that for alarm backups for my alarm company.

If you went to a 12V 4AH battery it would still run a fish finder for a
day
or two between charges.


wrote in message
.. .
Okay, so I have $100 bucks left to spend on fishing junk. (My mom gave
me a $200 visa giftcard for Xmas..decided it was going towards fishing,
and couldnt be spent on anything sensible...like gas....)

Anyways...anyone think I could put a fish finder in the canoe.....?

I kinda think a regular marine battery is out of the question, it being
a 15'6" canoe and all. Anyone know of any decent depthfinders that would
run on regular/rechargeable batteries...maybe D cells or something?

...or should I just scrap the idea and buy another rod/reel combo?


Rich




What is a decent charger for a small gel cell? A standard automotive
charger would cook and swell a gel cell after a couple of times.

Bill

Most gel-cells sold in this neck of the woods come w/ a charger.

Jim