Pages: [1] |   Go Down

Author Topic: Flasher battery / charger issues  (Read 1345 times)

Offline FreshwaterPhil

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 765
  • FreshwaterPhil.com - Montreal fishing
Flasher battery / charger issues
« on: Feb 28, 2019, 05:36 PM »
|I have a Humminbird ice 35 I bought about 7 years ago. Late last winter, the charger stopped working. My son pick up another charger for me, voltage was the same, but it's a 3 amp instead of 2 amp. I noticed the charge time went from a couple hours to less than 1/2 hour.

Early this winter, the original battery gave out. I replaced it with a similar battery designed for home alarms. Worked well for about a dozen outings, but now, when I run it for more than 5 hours, it dies one me.

Don't know if it's a bad battery, or not designed to be fished used in the cold. Or possibly an issue with the charger being too powerful and destroying the batteries.

Any tips?
Logged

Offline RyanW

  • Team IceShanty Maniac
  • **
  • Posts: 1,223
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #1 on: Feb 28, 2019, 05:45 PM »
How many amp hours is the new battery?
Logged
“When the fish are biting, it really doesn’t matter what you’re using. When the fish aren’t biting, it really doesn’t matter what you’re using” - Uncle Dave

Offline DR.SPECKLER

  • Team IceShantyholic
  • ***
  • Posts: 9,134
  • find your own fish..
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #2 on: Feb 28, 2019, 06:05 PM »
Id get a battery tender jr which is a pretty decent charger and wont break the bank.i run 9ah batteries in my vexilars and get 6 years or more out of them.i have ran around 24hrs without charging them.
Logged

Offline ice dawg

  • Iceshanty Militia
  • Team IceShantyholic
  • *
  • Posts: 8,160
  • Tawny-"Ice Pooch"
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #3 on: Feb 28, 2019, 06:28 PM »
I don't believe a charger putting out more than 1.5 amps is recommended for a flasher battery.
Logged
It seems to go from zero to hero all some have to do is lie.

Offline FreshwaterPhil

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 765
  • FreshwaterPhil.com - Montreal fishing
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #4 on: Feb 28, 2019, 06:44 PM »
Quote from: RyanW on Feb 28, 2019, 05:45 PM
How many amp hours is the new battery?

12V, 7ah.
Logged

Offline FreshwaterPhil

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 765
  • FreshwaterPhil.com - Montreal fishing
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #5 on: Feb 28, 2019, 06:46 PM »
Quote from: ice dawg on Feb 28, 2019, 06:28 PM
I don't believe a charger putting out more than 1.5 amps is recommended for a flasher battery.

Original charger from Humminbird was 2 amps. Do you think 3 amp could have damaged it? My son has a 1.5 I can try...
Logged

Offline DR.SPECKLER

  • Team IceShantyholic
  • ***
  • Posts: 9,134
  • find your own fish..
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #6 on: Feb 28, 2019, 06:49 PM »
Im not believing it.you would just get a little faster charge cycle.jmo.your battery may have a bad cell.charging up but cant handle a load.id go with a 9ah battery next time around.can be had for a little more than $20.maybe try your sons 1.5 charger.
Logged

Offline ice dawg

  • Iceshanty Militia
  • Team IceShantyholic
  • *
  • Posts: 8,160
  • Tawny-"Ice Pooch"
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #7 on: Feb 28, 2019, 07:09 PM »
Quote from: FreshwaterPhil on Feb 28, 2019, 06:46 PM
Original charger from Humminbird was 2 amps. Do you think 3 amp could have damaged it? My son has a 1.5 I can try...
It's possible. The thing that kills these small batteries is being overcharged. I wouldn't use a 3 amp charger on mine and I have had flasher batteries last as long as nine years. I use the charger that came with my LX5 and a Vexilar V 410 charger. 
Logged
It seems to go from zero to hero all some have to do is lie.

Offline copperjig

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 216
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #8 on: Mar 01, 2019, 02:18 PM »
I don't know where you're located but if there's an interstate battery nearby call them. Also there are lithium ion batteries in 12 v 9 amp. They're a little pricey in comparison to SLA but last way longer and are susceptible to overcharging.
Logged
Spud, throw rope, PFD and stay on top

Offline FreshwaterPhil

  • Team IceShanty Addict
  • *
  • Posts: 765
  • FreshwaterPhil.com - Montreal fishing
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #9 on: Mar 01, 2019, 02:37 PM »
Quote from: copperjig on Mar 01, 2019, 02:18 PM
I don't know where you're located but if there's an interstate battery nearby call them. Also there are lithium ion batteries in 12 v 9 amp. They're a little pricey in comparison to SLA but last way longer and are susceptible to overcharging.

I'm in Canada. Turns out that they online store I ordered from has a 12 month warranty. They had a 9ah model with the same dimensions as mine, so I ordered one this morning. Once it arrives, will ship back defective one for refund of new battery price, provided they assess that something is wrong (which I explained to them). We'll see what happens, but I think I'm going to avoid the 3 amp charger on new battery just to be sure.
Logged

Offline BobOlink

  • Team IceShanty Regular
  • ***
  • Posts: 399
Re: Flasher battery / charger issues
« Reply #10 on: Mar 01, 2019, 04:44 PM »
 My vexed charger is only 1 AMp. High amp charging  Will shorten the life  of a battery
Logged
Bob P.
Pages: [1] |   Go Up
 


Iceshanty | MyFishFinder | MyHuntingForum
Contact | Disclaimer | Privacypolicy | Sponsor
© 1996- Iceshanty.com
All Rights Reserved.