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Old 03-05-2013, 06:15 AM   #1
Baja_Traveler
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You may as well put a 12 volt pump on the bait tank - it will use just as much power as stepping down from 12V to 6V (unless you are going to use a switching voltage regulator). When you step down you are just burning off electricity to heat through resistors - 25% efficiency at best.
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