pjc wrote: I have had my share of drags.now prepare for the worst.i find a bay with thick mud if I doubt the forecast.yes had some interesting retrievals.man o war bay got a old cable.nothing that 1hr did not fix |
Steps wrote: We don't run the GPS or Radar overnight at anchor simply because of power consumption Dont know about radar.. but a basic gps + sounder + radio+ 16 to 20 Watts of florescence lights+ anchor light will all run fine over night on a elcheapo battery starter pack.. and have anchor drift and depth warnings turned on |
samax wrote: A boat that size at anchor should have an officer on the bridge watching through the night I would have thaught |
SaltyC wrote:
Well just the 12 inch Raymarine screen (E120 Hybrid Touch) with GPS, DSM300(powers up as soon as unit is turned on) pulls more than 7 amps so overnight say 10 hours is an extra 70 amp hours out of my 510 amphours of battery which would severely limit my ability to sit in a bay for a couple of days without burning diesel through a 200hp motor just to run a 150 amp alternator to put the amps back in. Did you read the bit where I am out away from a power source for a couple of months? |
pjc wrote: I have had my share of drags.now prepare for the worst.i find a bay with thick mud if I doubt the forecast.yes had some interesting retrievals.man o war bay got a old cable.nothing that 1hr did not fix |
Bay Marine Electronics wrote:
If that system is running 7 A with the backlight turned down, then there is something severely wrong. |
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