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Old 08-02-2013, 09:45 PM   #1
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battery 6v vs 12v

So the questions pop up again.
On your fish finder what do you use?
On your bait tank what do you use?

I use 12v on fish finder
I use 6v on fish finder

Fish finder for max reading.
Bait tank I use 6v so the fish isn't stressing so much about swimming

what do you use?
If you have added electronics on the yak what do you have from lights to speaker system.
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Old 08-03-2013, 03:49 AM   #2
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12v powering my espresso maker
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Old 08-03-2013, 08:07 AM   #3
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I use to run my bait tank on 6v. works perfect. When I upgraded my battery to 12 volt for my fish finder, there was too much flow to properly support my bait. I put a 12 volt to 5 volt stepper in. works perfect.
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Old 08-03-2013, 09:29 AM   #4
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So the questions pop up again.
On your fish finder what do you use?
On your bait tank what do you use?

I use 12v on fish finder
I use 6v on fish finder

Fish finder for max reading.
Bait tank I use 6v so the fish isn't stressing so much about swimming

what do you use?
If you have added electronics on the yak what do you have from lights to speaker system.
I use what you use for ff and bt. The reason for my setting up this way is even though it seems more complicated with 2 separate batteries if one fails I still have the other. bait tank has wiring issues no problem at least I still got the ff and if the ff takes a crap for some reason no prob I still have a tank full of bait.
as far as lights go all separate. head lamp, light pole. the only tunes I want to here when fishing is the clicker screaming!
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Old 08-03-2013, 09:43 AM   #5
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I use what you use for ff and bt. The reason for my setting up this way is even though it seems more complicated with 2 separate batteries if one fails I still have the other. bait tank has wiring issues no problem at least I still got the ff and if the ff takes a crap for some reason no prob I still have a tank full of bait.
as far as lights go all separate. head lamp, light pole. the only tunes I want to here when fishing is the clicker screaming!
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Old 08-03-2013, 11:41 AM   #6
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12v for fish finder
6v for bait tank

If you use/depend on gps then you don't want your bait tank draining your ff/gps unit's supply.
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Old 08-03-2013, 07:47 PM   #7
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12 V for FF.
(my FF will not work at voltages below 10 V or so.)
(i don't think most FF will work at voltages much below 10 V.)

6 V for bait tank, before it crashed & failed.
(time for me to buy new one. )

portable FM radio, with 4 AA batteries, which totals to 6 V.
good rock & roll playing, is a necessity of a great fishing trip.

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