Purchasing this battery for my kayak to run Lowrence elite 4 chartplotter/Fish finder, cell phone and lights. What size wire/ fuses should I use ?
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Dave I have a lowarance fish finder and I use this little battery all day without a major drop in its charge!! I use a couple of alligator clips like those used on a circuit tester, they do not get over heated and I do not use any type fuses. You can probably check the manuals on your equipment to see what size fuse, maybe a fuse say 10 amps should be just fine. I have charged and re-charged this little battery many times and still performs perfect. butch
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After years of advancing in car audio i would never use a Farrad battery again. Not even on a small build, IMO its a waste of $ and time. Upgrade main battery with the big 3 0 gauge used for best performance on a small system.I run a HO alt, 4 batteries, 12 fuses, 100+ feet of 0 gauge OFC wire, I have a couple grand in electrical system.
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It should be able to easily power this fishfinder. I don't know what you are currently using but this battery uses 3/16" female crimp spade connectors.
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I am returning the one I ordered, it blew all six fuses when connected to the battery, and they are a bear to change, even though they furnish the set of replacement fuses. I would not suggest it, too much line draw for this size unit.
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Electrically this will work fine. I believe the S is a typo and should have been a V. They only differences with this battery is the terminal size. either .178" or .250". You have to determine this to purchase the correct one. http://www.yuasabatteries.com/pdfs/NP_7_12_DataSheet.pdf
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Bruce get you a better game camera battery for your depth finder. That's what I use on my inshore kayak. This batter was a junk. Leaked acid when arrived in mail. I gave it a bad review and took it to a battery recycler. My loss for going cheap and I paid for it. Hope this helps.
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I installed this in a boat but still had the same problem with the cable length. I replaced the supplied cable with a different cable and terminated the new cable to the boat battery. The boat battery has screw terminals so it made connection easy. However I just did almost the same thing in my old truck hooking up an amplifier that took #4 awg cable. I purchased a large fuse holder at Radio Shack (cost $13.99) and purchased some 40 Amp round AGC fuses at Auto Zone, and I purchased a battery connection tap (I have a side mount battery but they also make some for conventional batteries) at Auto Zone. For cable I just purchased a cheap #14 awg extension cord at Wal-mart (orange jacket with three #14 awg conductors inside). I connected all 3 conductors together to use as one positive cable and I connected all 3 conductors together to use as one negative cable. The combined ampacity of all 3 conductors tied together was more than the amp or an inverter would require.
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I just ordered it for a jet ski battery which is pretty much a motorcycle battery. I will let you know.
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I used a continuous duty silonoid so the entire panel only has power if the key is on. I also ran a separate wire straight from the battery with fuse for the radio memory and Then I added a battery disconnect for when the boat is in storage. You need large wire to supply power and that's why you would want the silonoid so it can handle the amprage draw. Remember to put a fuse right at the battery too.
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Hello Gregory,This is sealed lead acid AGM battery but we do not recommend you to use it on a kayak.Best regards,Jim
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It's a 2 amp draw, and the manufacturer recommends a 5-6 amp fuse. You should be fine. My nav lights are on a five amp fuse too and I've never had any problem. Good luck!
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I agree with Bill, check with boats.net for correct part number. For a quick reference, look at the number and the pattern of bolt holes (3 or 4?) and the number of wires (2 or 3).
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I think you can get fuse from Wal Mart, or home depot, make sure get right size fuse
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I've used it with a Lowrance X-4, and a Humminbird 561. It will work with any fishfinder you can splice the right end connections to (or wrap the wire ends around the terminals.) This thing will run my x-4 (simple, black and white display) for 8-10, 4-6hour fishing trips without even blinking, it is completely oversized for it, then again I have never run out of charge. It runs the bigger fishfinder for 2-3 trips before drawing it down. I bought two of these and try to keep them both charged and the spare in my truck, so if I run one down I can just paddle back to shore and swap them out, great batteries!
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What i have ran is zero gauge wire,(yes, it's huge but it carries all the current the inverter can produce) a raptor ranl1502 150 amp anl fuse, with a DB Link anlfh01 0-gauge anl fuse holder. You will also need a hammer crimper and wire lugs for the wire ends to connect to the inverter. I use an optima battery with top and side post and crimped lugs on the wires to connect to the side post on it as well. You can get the DB Link pw0r50z 0 awg positive wire on amazon for $74 for 50 feet right now. Otherwise you're looking at around $250 for other brands.
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I put my minn kota on a 25 foot pontoon boat and ran the wire all the way to the back without asking someone what wire to use and it does not work well. I am going to have to go back with 12/2 wire. there is a wire chart somewhere showing what size wire to use according to the amps and the distance. The 55 lbs thrust will be approx 55 amps.
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Are you installing the unit in a boat or kayak? I installed mine in a kayak and used a compact 12 volt battery, it works great and the Elite unit is outstanding for my application.