Q: The electronics on my boat don’t appear to be working in addition to they need to, neither is the image sharp. Do you could have any suggestions to assist me clear it up?
A: Fishing and searching information, event angler, and out of doors author Jeff “Gussy” Gustafson responds: This situation is most certainly a results of your items not receiving sufficient voltage. There’s additionally an opportunity that your transducer will not be mounted correctly. It needs to be aiming straight in the direction of the underside when your boat is within the water. If that’s not the issue, the rigging in your boat needs to be examined.
First, make sure that your electrical connections are tight. If they’re, attempt operating particular person wires straight to every unit as an alternative of going via a energy level on the boat. Firms supply wiring harnesses that run straight from the unit to a battery — these have gotten very fashionable among the many professional anglers I compete in opposition to.
Large-screen electronics
Lastly, in case you are operating a number of big-screen electronics items and you might be sporting down a single cranking battery throughout a day of fishing, you would run two deep-cycle batteries in parallel to operate as your cranking and accent battery. This offers your batteries a for much longer life span. I’ve set my boat up this fashion this yr and constantly get 13-14 volts going to my electronics all through the day.
To rig two batteries in parallel, you get two batteries of the identical measurement and run a jumper cable from the purple put up on battery one to the purple put up on battery two. Do the identical to attach the 2 black terminals. I now don’t have any issues about killing my batteries and my electronics have by no means seemed higher.
Jeff “Gussy” Gustafon from Kenora, grew up on the shores of Lake of the Woods and is a fishing and searching information, event angler, and out of doors author. He competes on the Bassmaster Elite Collection within the US, the very best degree in skilled bass fishing. Contact Gussy at: mail@oodmag.com
Initially revealed within the July 2021 situation of Ontario OUT of DOORS journal.
