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FL-10 for Ice fishing???

calli4120

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Has any one used a Vexilar FL-10 for ice fishing? I want to build a house next spring and I've been brain storming and had an idea to mount FL-10's on the wall above the holes. I could run them off of the main 12-volt power supply for the house so each one wouldn't need a big battery at each hole.

Would this work? Is it a good idea?

Let me know what you think.

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I was kind of wondering about the interference too but I forgot to add that in my original post.

Depending on the size house I build, I probably wouldn't have more the 3 FL-10's. The other holes could be used for rattle wheels or something else.

Does anyone else have any ideas?

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[image]fl10_floating.gif[/image]

The FL-10 depth finder / fish finder is a break though for in-dash flasher sonar technology. Using super bright LED technology and a patented Lexan dial that gives the brightest and largest display ever designed into a in-dash unit.

I guess they are pretty new. Go on vexilars HSOforum and read about them.

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The FL-10 is a dash mount flasher designed for boats. I was thinking that since the are pretty small and just the display mounts, it would work really good if installed in the wall of an ice house. If I could mount these on the wall it would save valuable space in the house. It would also cut down on the amount of gear you would have to drag in and out of the house.

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Well judgeing from the few responses I got, no one has used the FL-10 for ice fishing. I guess I could be the first person to try it out but what do you guys think of the idea? It sounds good on paper and I'm still in the planning stage.

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I really like the idea you have going here... with the flush mounted units... I would worry a little about the interfierence maybe? but not matter what you will have a possiblility off running into that problem. I woud like to have a portable unit as well for scouting out new areas.

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Would it be fair to assume that one FL-10 mounted in the house wouldn't be an issue as long as any other portable unit used in the house has IR. I can see how 3 FL-10's could cause interference issues, but a guy might be able to get away with just one.

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You might be able to pull that off, depending on how deep you're fishing. When it used to be the three of us in one 8 x 10 one guy ususally shut his IR off and the other two adjusted until everyone could use theirs - now with one vex and two marcum's all three of us end up with IR on, so it's tough to give you a definitive answer.

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