NEW KID ON THE BLOCK

[CHOCKNEL]

HI THERE GENTLEMAN, I ALREADY HAVE A SMALL WRITEUP ABOUT MESELF AND MY KAYAK UNDER THE SAME "SUBJECT" IN WELCOME SO IM NOT GOING TO GO INTO IT ALL AGAIN. i WOULD HOWEVER LOVE TO HEAR FROM U MY LEARNED AND EXPERIANCED FRIENDS WHAT WOULD U SUGGEST I INSTALL FOR A FISHFINDER ON MY RIG. I HAVE ENOUGH SPACE IN MY FISHING BOX TO CARRY A CAR BATTERY, SO PLEASE FEEL FREE TO ADVICE, MY NAME IS CHOCK 0728156722 OR gennel@vodamail.co.za

 

[Dorado75]

You dont need to use a car battery, i have hooked my echo sounder up to a small battery that is used on a normal house alarm, mine runs all day no problems and not that expensive, think i paid under R200 for my battery!

 

[CHOCKNEL]

THANKS FOR URE ADVICE, IF THAT IS THE CASE THEN A MOTORCYCLE BATTERY SHOULD ALSO DO THE JOB. BIKES HAPPEN TO BE MY OTHE PAST TIME AND I HAPPEN TO OWN QUITE A NUMBER OF THEM. I WOULD HOWEVER STILL LIKE TO KNOW WHAT MAKE MODEL OF FISH FINDER SHOULD I LOOK FOR,

 

[BigMatt]

garmin 90 or the 140 if you have a couple hundred more. Or you could look at the eagle cude range, like the 168 or something similar. i have a garmin 90 on my ski and she runs great. small compact and surprisingly functional

if your looking to load multiple pics, heres a how to post

http://www.sealine.co.za/view_topic.php?id=20159&forum_id=2

btw I love the setup!

 

[BigMatt]

Oh and yes, rather use an alarm battery or motorised gate battery. paid 160 for mine. Its a sealed lead acid 12 volt..

i suppose a bike battery will do the same..

cheers

BM

 

[CHOCKNEL]

I HEAR WHAT U SAY ABOUT THE BATTERY AND FISHFINDER, YES I AM PROUD OF MY SETUP. IT WAS A HELL OF A LOT OF WORK, AND A MOERSE LOT OF TRAIL AND ERROR, STARTED OUT WITH A BATTERY TRALLING MOTOR, WORK ROUND THE CLOCK IN ME SPARETIME, GO OUT OVER THE WEEKEND ONLY TO FIND THAT THIS OR THAT IS NOT UP TO SCRATCH, COME BACK ALL DISHEARTED BUT START AGAIN AND EVENTUALLY I GOT HER WORKING LIKE A CLOCK, STILL HAVE SOME FINE SETTINGS TO DO INSOFAR AS ENGINE PITCH,DEPTH IS CONCERNED BUT THAT IS MINORS I USE LESS THAN ONE LITRE OF FEUL PER HOUR IN TRALLING MODE, THAT MAKES SENCE TO ME, EZSPECIALLY AFTER 2 X 65HP I RECENTLY SOLD