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Fish House Build Ideas?

travlingypsy

By travlingypsy
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Lip_Ripper Guy Grand Master

Lip_Ripper Guy

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Here are a couple general ideas. You'll be more successful with replies if you give us a little bit more to work with (budget, ideas you have, questions you have, etc.)

In my house I have a 3 bank on board charger (1 bank to each battery). I have a momentary switch hooked up to each battery gauge, so as to not drain the batteries by running a light and gauge.

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My floor is covered in Rhinoliner, there is a removable pedestal table, catch covers, and vinyl covered mattresses.

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There is a programmable thermostat for the forced air furnace, wireless weather gauge, car stereo (close to TV to hook up surround sound), make sure you have plenty of outlets.

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Another good idea is to weld a couple tow hooks to your frame.

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If you have questions, ask away.

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Grainbelt Grand Master

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Nice house Lip Ripper! What charging amperage does your charger put out per bank?

I really like foam insulation, worth every penny.

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I also like using LED lights. I got them from superbrightled.I used toggle switches to turn them on/off. I can go 4 days before charging the battery for the lights. With them all on I burn less than 20 watts and it is bright as day in there. I usually only turn on two of the shorts strips during night fishing burning just a couple watts. I also have two red strips of LED's that were not on at the time of the pictures.

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I put an LED and switch for under the cabinet also. full-22683-8970-img_7780.jpg

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Getanet Grand Master

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Not for the interior. But there was a thread running on HSO this winter about a guy who fashioned his own wind mill for his fish house using a car alternator. Said he could run his TV, microwave, etc all the time with no problems.

That seemed to be the ticket if you spend a lot of time on the ice and have a lot of electronics running inside.

I was able to find the thread if anyone is interested:

http://www.hotspotoutdoors.com/forum/ubb...elp#Post2465523

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0332 Newbie

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Galvanized trailer, throw away your on board charger and get an RV Converter. This will allow you to use 110 from your generator, run your 12 volt off of your gererator, and use anything it has left over to charge your battery(s) at 3 different stages. Make sure you run a fan constantly when up and running due to the incredible moisture/condensation that's present. For all power coming from truck to trailer use a heavy duty 14 gauge harness that goes into a junction box. Make sure you connect the constant hot to the battery through this so that your truck is charging your fish house batteries while in transit. If you have any nail heads or brads exposed, if they are not made of stainless steel I would put a thin layer of poly on them. When they condensate they can rust and stain the wood. Just some thoughts......

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