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Old 07-12-2013, 03:38 PM   #4
Sdspeed
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Originally Posted by beef78 View Post
I am thinking about adding a new fish finder to my kayak and instead of buying a new 12 volt, just buying another 6 volt and putting them in parallel to extend battery life. And when I decide not to take my fish finder, I can still run my bait tank on 6 volt.
Wouldn't you want them in series so you'd have 12 volts for the FF and a separate 6 volt line for the bait tank? May require a diode in the line to the bait tank?
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