Posts: 313
Location: On your favorite spot | I run a Lowrance 5200 GPS, older Lowrance locator, and an Eagle Fishmark 480 off my starter battery. Yesterday my FM 480 would not turn on. I wired it into a heavier gauge wire and it turned on briefly, just long enough to read voltage at 11.7, then blipped off. My GPS and other locator worked fine. My questions are:
Is it possible the voltage is not sufficent to run the FM 480 but ok for the GPS and older locator? Seems like the GPS would be the first thing to go. Is there a power heirarchy when multiple units are hooked up?
Would the lighter gauge wire cause a problem if voltage was a little low or are my units just competing for power - maybe just need a new battery? I also tried to turn my unit on with the outboard running and that didn't help. |
