hummingbird flasher

[bucketmouth64]

I have an old hummingbird flasher that I would like to use for ice fishing. I was wondering what battery options I have instead of using a heavy car battery. I tried a 6 volt battery (rectangular shaped one)and it didn't budge. Do I need a second 6 volt battery and parallel them together?

[Paul Waldowski]

Bucketmouth,

You can take 2 6 volt batteries and wire one positive to the other negative an then take the pos lead off of one battery and the negative lead off the other battery and wire them to your finder. A couple of things with this, is they don't last very long and it can get expensive replacing batteries all of the time. Your better bet would be to go with a 7 amp 12 volt like this one

[Surface Tension]

Like Paul said. Its cheaper and your run time will last longer if you run a 12 volts 7 amp hr battery. A little dremil work on the battery bay and you should be able to fit that battery right in there.

[bucketmouth64]

Thanks for the info. Didn't know there was such a battery. I think I'll go pick one up. The 6 volt was $11.00, half the cost of the 7amp.