LiPo for Fish Finder?

[Raskal311]

Originally Posted by William Novotny

Are these the ones that could create a fire hazard when drained too low. If so, I would be scared having it on board.

I just picked up a 12v 20ah Lifepo4 from Bioenno came out to be just under $200 with a charger. The battery has a built in circuit that prevents it from draining too low or being over charged. I also have a 6v for my bait tank and its worked perfectly so far.

[ccacher1]

Originally Posted by Raskal311

I just picked up a 12v 20ah Lifepo4 from Bioenno came out to be just under $200 with a charger. The battery has a built in circuit that prevents it from draining too low or being over charged. I also have a 6v for my bait tank and its worked perfectly so far.

I have that exact same battery. Great battery and fits in a little pelican 1120 waterproof box. Also have the 6v lifpo for my bait tank. Havent had any issues with either battery so far. However, I might be hesitant to buy some random Lifepo4 battery off ebay but Bioenno seems to make quality stuff...at least I cant so otherwise yet.

[driftwood]

make sure you know how to build one of these lipo FF set ups. If your good with parallel wiring it should be easy.

Here is the charger....the part # for the batt monitor is Hking4s

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Originally Posted by driftwood

make sure you know how to build one of these lipo FF set ups. If your good with parallel wiring it should be easy.

Here is the charger....the part # for the batt monitor is Hking4s

[kauaiboy04]

I use this product:

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00...?ie=UTF8&psc=1

See this post, and find the post by user Craig:

http://www.northwestkayakanglers.com...?topic=10523.0

Looks like this:



I got the 15Ah one (doesn't look like they sell them anymore), and have used it for 4 days going almost 8 hrs per use. That thing is still at 75% power. Super slim, lightweight, and has great power longevity. Product also comes with a handy AC charger AND a car charger. How can you go wrong? Just follow that installation guide in the post, and you can put that thing anywhere!