Wiring harness for a portable

[eurolarva]

I am building a wiring harness to power up two flashers and a camera using one Marine Battery. My question is will there be more noise when running two flashers from the same battery? Also I want to run a series inline fuse to each piece of equipment. I am thinking a 1 amp fuse will be enough. Curious if anyone else has done this. I have a two person portable and feel it would be easier then doing battery changes on the camera which only has a 3 hour life anyways. I also want to build a couple of these for lake of the woods cause our Marcums dont last more then 7 hours on a battery

[Esox_Magnum]

Buy bigger newer battries, my 2 LX-5's will last a couple days per charge, and my 820 has never ran out of charge in a days time... I would imagine the wire for 3 different units would be a mess in a porty...not to mention the weight of a marine battery...

[CAMAN]

I agree with EM. In the past I tried wiring my rope lights to my Marcum, just having that cord laying on the ice was a PITA. The cord catches and gets tangled in every possible thing it can. Boots, ice scoop, reel handle, hooks, heater, etc...

Unless you can find a way to permanently mount the wiring to the fish house and just have some quick disconnects wherever you need the power, I don't see a good way to keep the wires from tangling in everything.

Also a wiring harness will cut down on any mobility if you want to leave the fish house with the flasher and go scouting.

A good 12volt 9ah battery should last an entire day, if not more.

[eurolarva]

So forget the portable part. The original question is will running multiple Flashers mainly Marcum create more noise then running them on separate batteries? Also what fuse setting should I use for this set up. I frequent LOTW and do not want to buy and carry multiple batteries. I am thinking that I can run 3 flashers for 3 days with one trolling battery. We go to lake of the woods and do a sleeper and will go days without the ability to recharge our batteries. If noise is a problem is there filter capacitors or resistors I can Incorporate into this to reduce the amout of noise in each unit

[Surface Tension]

I don't think your going to get noise from using sharing the same deep cycle battery.

1 amp fuse on each + cable should be fine.

Draw from a Marcum is around 1/2 amp. A 7 amp hr battery should last around two days.

A 115 amp hr deep cycle battery will run a flasher for the whole season.

Personally I'd rather bring a couple spare flasher batteries for the flashers but know where your coming from with the camera as you'll need a couple batteries per day at least.

Consider a car 12v adapter plug, they have the fuse inside the plug. Your camera probably has one.

You can get a dongle(s) for the battery.

Just note that depending on the cords the insulation can crack in cold weather and short out.

[CAMAN]

I don't think you will be getting much noise either. But if you're worried about it run the power separately to each unit, each fused separately also. Have them all connect as close to the battery as possible. This configuration should allow the battery to become the filter and dampen any noise you may get.

[eurolarva]

Thanks for the info. Going to Axemans to get the stuff I need. You have to have projects that are fun in the winter. This is my new mission. Can build a wiring harness for under 20 bucks and that will keep three of us in business for three days at LOTW. Even a new battery at 7 amps did not last the whole day at lake of the woods on my LX5. I bought a 9 amp battery after that but I doubt they are much good after one season. My marine battery for my boat loves to be used and recharged. I realize there is a hassle of moving this around but having a flasher that is running full time is critical when you are out in a sleeper.

[Tom7227]

If you don't ask you can't learn. Why would you want to run a flasher while you're sleeping?

[eurolarva]

If you don't ask you can't learn. Why would you want to run a flasher while you're sleeping?

A sleeper is a fish house you either rent or spend the night in. We dont sleep much in them. We fish.

[Deitz Dittrich]

If you don't ask you can't learn. Why would you want to run a flasher while you're sleeping?

Many of the flashers have an alarm. If you set up the alarm just right it will go off when it marks a fish so you can wake up and try and trigger that fish into biting..

[eurolarva]

Many of the flashers have an alarm. If you set up the alarm just right it will go off when it marks a fish so you can wake up and try and trigger that fish into biting..

Please tell me the LX5 has this feature

[CAMAN]

Please tell me the LX5 has this feature

I've never heard of it...

[Esox_Magnum]

Owned alot of flashers never seen this feature on any I have had...

[CAMAN]

I think DD was pulling somebody's leg.

[eurolarva]

could be the flashers with the rattle reel attachement