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Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation....
Reply #20 - Feb 10th, 2011 at 11:50pm
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If you get better detector performance out of lithium than alkaline it is a sign your detector is voltage starved.  I would recommend Lithium if you are using 8 batteries on a detector. For 4 reasons
1 more power per pound of battery.
2 more power per battery.
3 better voltage match to load.
4 better discharge characteristics (voltage does not droop until the battery is almost dead).
  
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Reply #21 - Feb 11th, 2011 at 8:48am
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Hey DD,

I was lookin' at buying a locator for this seasons trip. Then I saw your suggestion of the 8 "AA" holder and thought, "I have an older locator I could just convert!". The battery holder only costs about $2.50.

Here is my question. Could you (or anyone else who has preformed this operation) give us a link to a thread or picture that show a detailed description of preforming this conversion?
Thanks Smiley
  
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Reply #22 - Feb 11th, 2011 at 11:08am
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Never mind DD I figured it out by looking at the pictures of the products on Radio Shacks web site. Looks easy! the holder costs $2.50 and the 9 volt clip cost about 2 or 3 bucks. Cheap and easy! Wink
  
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Reply #23 - Feb 11th, 2011 at 4:40pm
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Android wrote on Feb 11th, 2011 at 11:08am:
Never mind DD I figured it out by looking at the pictures of the products on Radio Shacks web site. Looks easy! the holder costs $2.50 and the 9 volt clip cost about 2 or 3 bucks. Cheap and easy! Wink

It IS quick and easy.  Still I'd recommend putting a fuse clip of some kind in the line.  I used a small blade fuse unit and carry a couple of spare fuses on a trip.

OK.  That's the easy part.  Cutting out 20 or so feet of transponder cable and splicing it back together ... that's a bit more tedious.

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