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Magicpaddler Inukshuk Offline Posts: 1321 Location: Chicago Burbs Joined: Jan 7^th, 2004	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #20 - Feb 10^th, 2011 at 11:50pm	Quote Print Post
	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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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #21 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 8:48am	Quote Print Post
	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


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Android Jr. Member Offline Posts: 69 Location: Wright County, MN Joined: Apr 19^th, 2010	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #22 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 11:08am	Quote Print Post
	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!


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DentonDoc Voyageur Inukshuk Offline Posts: 3468 Location: Central Texas Joined: Dec 27^th, 2003	Re: Looking for Fish Finder Recommendation.... Reply #23 - Feb 11^th, 2011 at 4:40pm	Quote Print Post
	Android wrote on Feb 11^th, 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! 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. dd


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