power for lowrance elite-5 - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

Randy214 · 08-06-2012, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by yotasan

i could go another route to save on weight, ditch the live well? that right there could easily save me 15-20 pounds (water, live bait, 6v battery)...

How big is your bait tank? A gallon of water weighs 8 pounds.

5 gallon bucket with battery and everything that goes with it is closer to 45-50 pounds. A bait tube would be much less weight with a little more drag.

GregAndrew · 08-06-2012, 02:24 PM

Typical current drain on the basic Elite 5 is .75a. So you are looking at about 6 hours on a fully charged, good, 5ah battery. The level of backlight can effect those numbers a good deal.

08-06-2012, 02:24 PM	#2
GregAndrew Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 2,384	Typical current drain on the basic Elite 5 is .75a. So you are looking at about 6 hours on a fully charged, good, 5ah battery. The level of backlight can effect those numbers a good deal.