LX-5 Question

[fishinJohn]

I sold my FL-12 and bought a LX-5 (funny to think 90%+ of readers know what I am talking about) and when reading the manual it says to hook up only the positive terminal of the battery. Why not both? Would it be a problem to hook up both? I already did since I never run any battery that way. I have to say, it is great having a unit that shows what you need in every situation not just some. Iced my first crappie and it was a whopping two incher.

[metrojoe]

I think all they're saying is that the unit comes with the negative lead already plugged in. All you need to do is plug in the positive.

[Deitz Dittrich]

I'm pretty sure Joe is right on this.. once your all done both need to be plugged in. Feel free to call Jon at cust service at MarCum if you want to hear it driectly from them.

[Dave]

I just picked up another LX-5 last Friday. Both terminals on the battery had protective plastic on it, therefore, both terminals (one each from the flasher and one each from the DCS) had to be plugged together and then plugged onto the battery. Maybe they used to come that way but, the manual is wrong. Not a biggie though.

[slipperybob]

I can't remember what the manual said, but I remember being confused as to what it was saying...then something about the unit will work even if the battery was hooked up backwards...in other words there wasn't a backward battery wiring.

[sodajerk]

I took that to mean that the negative wire was hooked up at the factory and all that was necessary was to hook up the red one. On mine though, neither one was hooked up when I got it.

I wasn't very impressed with that manual overall. Other than that I love the thing though.

[eurolarva]

Just remember that if you dont use the flasher for a long time either leave the charger on it or disconnect the DCS. The DCS draws enough juice to fry a battery over the summer. When you suck a battery completely dry it will never come back.