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by gillgetter. , Posted to Fishing Buddy on 08/12/2011 10:58 AM \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
gillgetter. Joined: 03/16/2009 Location: ND	I have a little 14' boat that I run with a traxxis 55. I recently installed an old Garmin depth finder on it. To run power, I have just been hooking both(motor and locator) up to the battery terminals. Last night I was out on stump with my little rig and when running the motor, the locator would blink in and out(screen would go blank for a second and come back on repeatidly). I thought the connections may be loose, so I wiggled them and to my surprise they were pretty warm to the touch. First time I noticed this. Any thoughts?
	"Catch em cut em up and eat em" Quote from a 3yr old fisherman.
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Re: Hot battery by H2Owarrior on 08/12/2011 11:04 AM \| Reply #1 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
H2Owarrior Joined: 02/19/2010 Location: ND	What guage are the wires. Sounds like the guage is not big enough for what is being drawn. Just a guess!!
Re: Hot battery by Horsager on 08/12/2011 11:06 AM \| Reply #2 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
Horsager Joined: 08/12/2003 Location: ND	H2Owarrior Said: What guage are the wires. Sounds like the guage is not big enough for what is being drawn. Just a guess!! Pretty good 1st thunk.
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Re: Hot battery by fish-head on 08/12/2011 11:08 AM \| Reply #3 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
fish-head Joined: 08/21/2007 Location: ND	You have to quit using old earbud speaker wire to run that stuff. Call or text me.
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Re: Hot battery by WalleyeTracker on 08/12/2011 11:13 AM \| Reply #4 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
WalleyeTracker Joined: 12/08/2005 Location: ND	Had same thing happen. The power draw from the trolling motor was too much to run a fish finder too...switched to seperate batteries and no problems.

Re: Hot battery by gillgetter. on 08/12/2011 11:15 AM \| Reply #5 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
gillgetter. Joined: 03/16/2009 Location: ND	Just used the wires coming off of the unit(power cable). I has worked fine all summer, but last night was the first time it has done this. The wires coming off of the Garmin are pretty small I guess, but no smaller than any other power cable I've seen coming off of a locator. The wires on the trolling motor are quite a bit larger. Just the stock power cable it came with.
	"Catch em cut em up and eat em" Quote from a 3yr old fisherman.
Re: Hot battery by gillgetter. on 08/12/2011 11:17 AM \| Reply #6 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
gillgetter. Joined: 03/16/2009 Location: ND	Oh, and it was just the battery terminals that were warm. Once you got an inch away from the terminals, the wires going to the garmin weren't warm.
	"Catch em cut em up and eat em" Quote from a 3yr old fisherman.
Re: Hot battery by fishouse-chef on 08/12/2011 8:59 PM \| Reply #7 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
fishouse-chef Joined: 01/22/2005 Location: ND	Clean your battery terminals, corosion causes more heat than you can imagine. Then seal with a battery terminal protector, many kinds out there and they all do a decent job. Good luck boating!!!
Re: Hot battery by Sparky36000 on 08/12/2011 9:08 PM \| Reply #8 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
Sparky36000 Joined: 07/08/2005 Location: ND	fishouse-chef Said: Clean your battery terminals, corosion causes more heat than you can imagine. Then seal with a battery terminal protector, many kinds out there and they all do a decent job. Good luck boating!!! That would be my guess too, loose and/or dirty connections.
Re: Hot battery by Kaptain on 08/12/2011 9:31 PM \| Reply #9 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
Kaptain Joined: 11/06/2006 Location: SD	not a good idea to run a depthfinder off same battery as trolling motor.
Re: Hot battery by walleyedevil9 on 08/12/2011 11:39 PM \| Reply #10 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
walleyedevil9 Joined: 10/10/2007 Location: ND	Kaptain Said: not a good idea to run a depthfinder off same battery as trolling motor. Doesn't matter a bit if they are hooked up to the same battery. Make sure the terminals are very clean along with the posts on the battery. Add a gob of terminal grease and you're good to go. Make sure that your depth finder has an in-line fuse to protect that portion of the circuit. A lot of depth finders have a 1amp fuse. Good fishing!
Re: Hot battery by mod1220ga on 08/13/2011 01:00 AM \| Reply #11 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
mod1220ga Joined: 04/06/2008 Location: ND	Kaptain Said: not a good idea to run a depthfinder off same battery as trolling motor. Why not? I ran my depth finder, trolling motor, marine band radio, AM/FM stereo off the same battery that I started my boat with...no problems. Proper size battery, wiring size and terminals are the key. Current draw creates heat. That's a simple fact. If it was just slightly warm to the touch, that sounds perfectly normal but the other opinions posted about cleaning your connections and using some terminal grease are spot on.

Re: Hot battery by T-ROY on 08/13/2011 08:05 AM \| Reply #12 \| "Quote" \| "Quick Reply" \|
T-ROY Joined: 11/22/2010 Location: nd	Get a bigger battery......

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Posted On: 08/12/2011 10:58 AM

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