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Old 08-22-2015, 07:40 PM   #1
Joetorres
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Garmin fishfinder draining battery

Ok so I put a new fishfinder on my kayak it's a echomaps 74sv garmin. I have a 12volt 8ah battery it only lasted like 45 minutes on and then the battery died .. what type of battery should I get to run this fishfinder on my kayak
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Old 08-23-2015, 09:17 AM   #2
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Sounds to me like you got a bad battery or a bad charger.
That battery should run your finder just fine.
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Old 08-23-2015, 10:28 AM   #3
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Running with the backlight on drains it faster. Run something else on that battery to make sure it is not bad
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Old 08-23-2015, 03:11 PM   #4
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Sounds to me like you got a bad battery or a bad charger.
That battery should run your finder just fine.
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I have a Garmin 70dv and a 10ah battery and I'm getting over 8 hrs easily
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