Garmin fishfinder draining battery - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Joetorres · 08-22-2015, 07:40 PM

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

Jim Sammons LJKF · 08-23-2015, 09:17 AM

Sounds to me like you got a bad battery or a bad charger.
That battery should run your finder just fine.

Hunters Pa · 08-23-2015, 10:28 AM

Running with the backlight on drains it faster. Run something else on that battery to make sure it is not bad

YTHunter · 08-23-2015, 03:11 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jim Sammons LJKF

Sounds to me like you got a bad battery or a bad charger.
That battery should run your finder just fine.

x2

I have a Garmin 70dv and a 10ah battery and I'm getting over 8 hrs easily

08-22-2015, 07:40 PM	#1
Joetorres Junior Join Date: Aug 2015 Posts: 16	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

08-23-2015, 09:17 AM	#2
Jim Sammons LJKF Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: San Diego CA Posts: 947	Sounds to me like you got a bad battery or a bad charger. That battery should run your finder just fine. __________________ Jim Sammons La Jolla Kayak Fishing The Kayak Fishing Show JimSammons.com

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08-23-2015, 10:28 AM	#3
Hunters Pa Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Fullerton Posts: 1,359	Running with the backlight on drains it faster. Run something else on that battery to make sure it is not bad