Electricity question

[beef78]

If i'm in the mission bay, i pretty much know where to go for halibut. I may skip the ff for less hassle. I may just get a separate 12 volt battery for the ff and keep the bait tank on the 6 volt.

[jorluivil]

Originally Posted by beef78

If i'm in the mission bay, i pretty much know where to go for halibut. I may skip the ff for less hassle. I may just get a separate 12 volt battery for the ff and keep the bait tank on the 6 volt.

that's what 99.99% of the yakkers do.


Sometimes simple is better

[Hobie-Pedaller]

i ALWAYS always take my FF, in Bays & LJ.
(a) its so simple to include on any trip.
(b) even in the bay, i want to know depths, drop-offs, etc.

i never take a bait tank into Bays, but i only use artificials in Bays.
i am mainly targeting Bass in Bays.
i gladly catch any Hali that wants to bite plastic or a crank bait.
but i'm not "focussed" on Halis, and i release ALL bay fish anyways.

if you want to fish live bait in Bays for Hali's to keep & eat,
is the only time i would think someone would need a Bait tank in Bays.

or, if you do a Bass trny in Bays, use the bait tank as "live well" until fish measured/recorded.
.

[Hondatom]

Answer: 2- 6 volt batteries wired in series will provide 12 volts.
depending on your batteries you may have a better longer running system with the 2 - 6 volt batteries. alot of electric golf carts and motor home deep cycle systems use 6 volt batteries wired in series. most scissor lifts you find on construction sites use this method and wire 4 of them to get a 24 volt system.

[alanw]

You could connect two 6v batteries in series for 12v to the FF, and center tap 6v for the bait pump.