Portable DC power supply?????

[tjracer02]

I am putting two sets of led lights from cabellas into my portable fish house and need to know what everyone is using for a 12v power supply. I am thinking of using one of those jump starter packs, but if there are any other ideas out there other than a big 12v marine type battery I would like to hear them.

Thanks

[sjburnt]

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[mnhunter2]

In the otter I put a string of 3 led puck lights I bought at menards last yr for about 6 bucks, they used 110volts so I cut off the power envertor and put a couple of clips on the cord and I hook them up to an old marcum gel battery, they work great and I haven't lit a lattern yet this year!!

[Sandmannd]

I started out using a deep cell, man that was heavy. This year I used my spare vex battery and it works awesome. Nice and light too.

[BK19]

as i have said in many post i always use the battery booster packs they run alot for a long time

[PerchJerker]

I run 3 LED lights and 2 computer fans on a "camera" battery, it is really a 12 volt 4.5 ah battery. Not sure how long it lasts, I've used it for a full weekend without recharging and it was still going strong. A typical "vex" battery is 7 ah so that would give you even more run time. No need to go with a big heavy battery pack.

You can get a typical "vex" battery at any kind of store like gander or fleet farm, or go to batteries plus and have your choice of several size / shape / capacity 12 volt gel cell batteries.

[BK19]

 Originally Posted By: PerchJerker

No need to go with a big heavy battery pack.

You can get a typical "vex" battery at any kind of store like gander or fleet farm, or go to batteries plus and have your choice of several size / shape / capacity 12 volt gel cell batteries.

so you are telling me i am WRONG!!!!!!!!! on my opinion well the battery pack works great for me,it will out last the vex battery 20 times over and it still will start a vehicle after powering multiple electronics IN MY HUMBLED OPINION

[PerchJerker]

Chill out BK19, you can have whatever opinion you want.

The original poster said he's using 2 sets of LED lights and asked about other ideas than a big 12 volt marine battery. All I'm saying is I power those lights for a weekend and then some with a small 4.5 ah battery.

[markr108]

I've got a deep cycle mounted to the four wheeler. I run a cord into the shelter with multiple plugs on a board. I can plug the slide on connectors or the cigarette lighter style plug to it. Also can clip alligator type clamps to it. I've also got a 12 volt flood light that I hook up to it outside. Gives plenty of light for packing up in the dark. I run the sonar, camera, lights and whatever else I think of. Could evan plug the cell phone into it if need be. Or evan the 12-volt tv if I wanted to. I've never run out of power. After two or three usages, I put it on the trickle charger over night. I've also used the vex type batteries in the past and usually get a days use out of them. The sonar runs about six hours or so on one of those. If you're interested in how I set this up, I could e-mail some pics.

[markr108]

Here's some pics of the power supply setup I talked about.

I don't have th cig. lighter plugs hooked up in this picture. They're a strip of three plugs that I hook up to the power strip in the pic.

[sjburnt]

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[anyfishwilldo]

I have 2 4' led ropes in my X2, and just bring 2 Vex batteries out. After a weekend of fishing, I have never needed to use the second battery.