Thread: Livescope battery

So I’m planning on getting a Livescope set up soon and going to run a separate battery for it cos after talking with friends who have it saying the black box really draws some power I want to run it’s own battery to it. Lithium is what I’m going for to help reduce weight but don’t know what would be a good size to run to it? Was thinking maybe a Tracker Lithium 18ah but don’t know if that will be enough? Anybody have any insight into this, would be greatly appreciated!

I can understand wanting to run on separate battery but going to throw this out there. I run my livescope, 93 and 102 on my group 31 cranking battery. Run my livewell and radio all day. Have never seen below 12.2 volts and fish all day. Might be my style of fishing allowing me to do this as I’m constantly running and gunning instead of just sitting and running livescope. Constantly charging with big motor while going to next spot.

I gotcha. I’m in a 1448 Lowe w/ 25hp Tohatsu tiller on the rear. So unfortunately no alternator to charge as I go, but that’s why I was wondering about separate battery

I run Black Box and 1242xsv for livescope . Amped outdoors 32ah Lithium battery for almost 3 years . Runs it all day .

Oh cool, I should be good then if that’s the case. I have an 80ah that only my trolling motor runs on so I’m sure I could hook it up to that as well with no issue yeah?

Originally Posted by RvaFisher

Oh cool, I should be good then if that’s the case. I have an 80ah that only my trolling motor runs on so I’m sure I could hook it up to that as well with no issue yeah?

You may or may not have interference evey time you use the trolling motor.

Originally Posted by tlefire

You may or may not have interference evey time you use the trolling motor.

That may be true ... but, my current Hook 7 & my former E5DSI units both were hooked into the trolling battery wiring & the only problem I ever had was when the battery got low the units would just shut off. There was still a little juice left in the battery to use the trolling motor, but very weak thrust. Never had any "interference" on the units when using the trolling motor. I'm thinking that his 80ah Lithium may get sucked dry from the LS setup plus the trolling motor, a lot sooner than he might want (or expect).

All I know is ... if my 50ah Lithium battery, fully charged, doesn't run my LS setup much longer than 6-7hrs ... then I'm gonna be buying a 100ah Lithium for it. Even at 22lbs, it's MUCH lighter than the 68ah AGM (45lbs) that I originally bought for the setup (& is now my trolling motor battery).

Originally Posted by CrappiePappy

That may be true ... but, my current Hook 7 & my former E5DSI units both were hooked into the trolling battery wiring & the only problem I ever had was when the battery got low the units would just shut off. There was still a little juice left in the battery to use the trolling motor, but very weak thrust. Never had any "interference" on the units when using the trolling motor. I'm thinking that his 80ah Lithium may get sucked dry from the LS setup plus the trolling motor, a lot sooner than he might want (or expect).

All I know is ... if my 50ah Lithium battery, fully charged, doesn't run my LS setup much longer than 6-7hrs ... then I'm gonna be buying a 100ah Lithium for it. Even at 22lbs, it's MUCH lighter than the 68ah AGM (45lbs) that I originally bought for the setup (& is now my trolling motor battery).

Your 50ah should last 6-7 hours, I've got 10 hours on 60ah between my last 2 trips running a 1022, GLS10, Helix 10, 360 and an Ethernet switch.

https://www.crappie.com/crappie/arka...-ripping-lips/

Look at this thread . I showed how I rigged my 32ah from Amped Outdoors

I tried a ECO-Worthy 50ah Lithium to run my Garmin 93sv/LS box .... and it ran flawlessly for 6hrs & then shut down. Now, to be fair, I don't think I had the battery fully charged, so it could have lasted another hour or two if it had been fully charged. I haven't had a chance to test it again, under full charge status. I bought the 50ah thinking that "at max" my LS system could draw up to 6amps/hr and a 50ah would get me at least 8hrs service.
I also didn't think to check the Garmin periodically to see what the voltage was from when I first turned it on. But, in my defense, it's my first time with a Lithium battery & I'm not that familiar with their use.