LX5 Battery?

[thenest]

I have the Marcom LX5 and I was wondering if anybody else had any problems with battery life? I fish with my two brothers up at LOW and they can fish almost the hole 3 day trip with one battery. They have FL12 -FL18. I get about 1 3/4 day. Is there a better battery out there that will last longer? I love my LX5, and this is an issue only one weekend a year. Just trying to make it a non issue. I do have a second battery for a backup. Last year I had a converter to plug into 12 volt, than plugged my LX5 and charged it on the trip from Red to LOW. Still had to go to the backup battery before my brothers.

[Aces In The Hole]

I guess it depends on how many AH your battery is. Most electronics come with a 7AH battery. I know you can get them up to 9AH. I am assuming the bigger the AH on the battery the longer it will last.

Maybe check with your brothers and ask them how many AH are their batteries.

[eurolarva]

I am faced with the same dellema. I bought an extra and have my aquaview battery going as spares. Last year on my LOTW trip my LX5 was new and I fished from 7 am to 4 pm and when I plugged it in the DCS said 40 percent. Before I plugged the DCS in it said 100 percent. After 4 hours of charging it was only up to 70 percent. I guess the LX5 is not bullet proof after all. I am doing a two day sleeper at LOTW and it is a gas house with no electricity.

[ChuckN]

My LX-5 has made 3 seperate 4 day trips to Lake of the Woods (sleeper) and only once has my battery failed on the final day. I do not run the LX-5 at night...once the sun goes down, I save all the power I can.

I did update to the new 2500 watts LX-5 and I will have to see if there is a difference on my upcoming trip.

This year I will also bring my converter/deep cycle to charge at night just in case. I'd hate to run out of juice, and I don't like to run the battery down to that low after so long.

[harvey lee]

I use my LX5 whenever I need to. I know that it will last close to a weekend depending on hour many hours I fish a day and how new the battery is.

I always carry 1 extra battery along just incase the battery gives me any kind of issues at all.

[thenest]

Thanks- We fish one night at Red so the LX5 gets a lot of night use there. Only day use at LOTW. Dose anybody know if the 9AH battery will last longer than the 7AH battery?

[Sandmannd]

I would think the 9AH should last a little longer. I'm not sure how much the extra batteries are, but maybe look into it and just carry a spare with you then you are set.

[Esox_Magnum]

I get about 16 hours max use out of my old LX battery (2000 watt) thats 2-3 years old. I'll see when the new one gets here(2500 watt) how long I get. When you push 5 times the power of a Vex with the Marcum you will lose some battry life. A fair trade off IMO. I just carry a couple spare battrys.

[croixeyes]

Flt Farm has 9ah batts for 25 bucks

[Bigslugger]

Try Batteries +

Their Werker batterys are fantastic at a good price

My Fl-8 will last 40 hrs on one

[NCLaker]

I know that Vex's come standard new with the 9amp batteries. Not sure if they last longer because of that or they just draw less power than an LX5. I was told that under the same conditions the 9amp will last longer than a 7amp (not sure how much).

If you want to do a quick test, switch batteries with your vex buddy and see if it makes a difference. Assuming it does, I would upgrade to the 9amp. I use to own an LX-3tc, and changing out the batteries is kinda of a pain.

You may also want to double check to make sure your charger is working properly. When I had to bring my LX-3tc for ducer issues, I commented that the battery/charger didn't seem to be working correctly ... Marcum replaced it.

[fishwater]

9amp will last longer than a 7amp (not sure how much).

In an ideal world, a 9ah would run a device that draws 1amp 9 hours. The 7ah would last 7 hours. Flashers draw less than an amp.

[thenest]

Thanks I will check what the amp is on my LX5 battery.

[Loos15]

should be a 7 amp bat if it's stock. Gander had some 9amps for 25$ and 8amps for 20. Just get one of those and your stock, you should be good for the weekend

[fishwater]

FF has 9ah's on sale for $20.

[FISHINGURU]

your running a flasher that uses alot more power with a smaller battery.

why does marcum use the most power but have the smallest battery?

the reason a couple of my buddies flashers are sitting in the truck toward the end of our trips up north lol.