humminbird piranhamax 195c alternative battery option?

So I just recently bought a humminbird piranhamax 195c and was looking for a 12v gel battery for it online when I came across this YouTube video of this guy using 8 AA batteries to power his unit up.

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The video was pretty cool. Knowing how much lighter and less space it would take than the 12v gel block battery. So I began search in other battery options.

So far I've found 12v RC car batteries something like this.

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Does anyone have or know of anyone with this setup? Or have any knowledge in this kind of stuff?

Hey Wyu,

I use a Tenergy, works flawless and i highly recommend it over regular batteries

Item No: 40803
TB1212 (12V-1-4Ah)

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Hope this helps and its tiny, it fits perfect in my compartment....here is another pic bro, good luck, i get about 2 full days out of it before i have recharge....bought it at frys for like 24 bucks or so...

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Tony G

That was a great idea thanks for sharing that Wyu

Yep, I use a 12V 2000mAh RC battery pack. I get at least a full day of charge with it as long as the backlight on my fishfinder is off. I have a Piranhamax 175 (black & white) but I can't remember what the amp draw is but it is minimal. A color FF may drain it faster. I recharge each time I go out.

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I have it in a 4x4" watertight junction box mounted to my PVC rod holder for my tube.

VegasFishing wrote:Yep, I use a 12V 2000mAh RC battery pack. I get at least a full day of charge with it as long as the backlight on my fishfinder is off. I have a Piranhamax 175 (black & white) but I can't remember what the amp draw is but it is minimal. A color FF may drain it faster. I recharge each time I go out.

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I have it in a 4x4" watertight junction box mounted to my PVC rod holder for my tube.

Thanks VegasFishing for the info. I have the color 195c model. I'm hoping to be able to use it all day. So I believe I might have to get a bigger battery pack since it'll probably take up more power than your 175 model.

Any insight as to how much bigger of a battery pack I need?

Definitely don't go with the triple A battery pack. It only lasts a couple of 5 or 6 hour trips. I run a lowrance 67c. Been wanting to get a 12v 3 or 4 ah gel. I have a 12v 7ah battery from the yak but it's too big for the tube.

One more consideration. If you do use AA rechargeables, you would need a 10-battery holder since they are only 1.2v. You would need a 8-battery holder if you use nonrechargeables at 1.5V. Thats why I switched to the rechargeable RC 12V battery...

Wyu, looks like your FF draws 220mA so you would get about 8-9 hours from a 2000mAh battery. Is this calculation correct?

Here is my setup for my hummingbird 170 I run 8 AA batteries. I picked up the battery holder and connection wires at radio shack for under $5 and I have gotten about 9 hours of juice so far on these harbor freight batteries.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

VegasFishing wrote:Wyu, looks like your FF draws 220mA so you would get about 8-9 hours from a 2000mAh battery. Is this calculation correct?

VegasFishing that sounds about right. Thanks for the info.

fishfrenzy wrote:Here is my setup for my hummingbird 170 I run 8 AA batteries. I picked up the battery holder and connection wires at radio shack for under $5 and I have gotten about 9 hours of juice so far on these harbor freight batteries.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

That looks like a pretty cool set up Fishfrenzy.

What case are you using? And did you drill a hole for the wire to pass through?

Thanks it works but isn't the prettiest set up. I use to have it all in a gallon bag zip lock. The case Was from Walmart. The great outdoors or whatever there knock off name is, it is in the outdoor/camping area. I don't have a hole drilled in it. I am not realy sure how how i would seal it again after running the adapters thru. I just clamp one of the clasp and have the wire come out the opposite side. I haven't had any issues yet the big case is more for the wire management.

fishfrenzy wrote:Here is my setup for my hummingbird 170 I run 8 AA batteries. I picked up the battery holder and connection wires at radio shack for under $5 and I have gotten about 9 hours of juice so far on these harbor freight batteries.[You must be registered and logged in to see this link.]

Pretty close to my setup , only problem I find is the connector pops loose from the battery holder sometimes , thus turning my finder off . So I use a Rubberband around the 9v connector to make sure it stays in place now and I am much smaller with my case in a sandwich box i got from the dollar store

Wes

Here's my setup in a watertight junction box attached to my rod holder...

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This 8-cell battery pack was replaced with a RC pack...
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Completely detachable and self-contained...
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Fishingdachronarch201E7 wrote:Hey Wyu,

I use a Tenergy, works flawless and i highly recommend it over regular batteries

Item No: 40803
TB1212 (12V-1-4Ah)

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Hope this helps and its tiny, it fits perfect in my compartment....here is another pic bro, good luck, i get about 2 full days out of it before i have recharge....bought it at frys for like 24 bucks or so...

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Tony G

I had a battery like this one on my kick boat, found it on Amazon for like 24 bucks including shipping. I charged battery for a day to make sure it was fully charged, and then ran the humminbird prianna max 160 for 3 days in simulator mode with light on, it only dropped 2 volts