Three Garmin 5208's on 24 foot Boat

[opaleski]

I have a 2010 24 foot Bay Boat with a 300 Suzuki motor. On the boat I also have three 5208's. Question-If you were to go out 30 to 40 miles for Grouper--would you shut off the engine while fishing and still keep the 5208's on? My fear is that the 5208's would use too much battery power and I might not be able to start the motor??

[ElyseM]

i have a larger boat with dual 5212's. i shutoff one when drifting. why do you need all three on?

[greg]

I have a 2010 24 foot Bay Boat with a 300 Suzuki motor. On the boat I also have three 5208's. Question-If you were to go out 30 to 40 miles for Grouper--would you shut off the engine while fishing and still keep the 5208's on? My fear is that the 5208's would use too much battery power and I might not be able to start the motor??

Trolling in january?

You have $12k in displays on a "Bay boat" that you want to take 40 miles offshore, and you don't know if you have enough power to keep them going?

This is wrong on so many levels. But if you are worried about battery reserves, either add another battery and keep it charged and offline or carry a portable gennie. You can use it to run the blender; those mojita's don't mix themselves you know.

[opaleski]

i have a larger boat with dual 5212's. i shutoff one when drifting. why do you need all three on?

I don't --just wondering how long they would take to draw down the battery??

[opaleski]

I have a 2010 24 foot Bay Boat with a 300 Suzuki motor. On the boat I also have three 5208's. Question-If you were to go out 30 to 40 miles for Grouper--would you shut off the engine while fishing and still keep the 5208's on? My fear is that the 5208's would use too much battery power and I might not be able to start the motor??

Trolling in january?

You have $12k in displays on a "Bay boat" that you want to take 40 miles offshore, and you don't know if you have enough power to keep them going?

This is wrong on so many levels. But if you are worried about battery reserves, either add another battery and keep it charged and offline or carry a portable gennie. You can use it to run the blender; those mojita's don't mix themselves you know.

Just wondering what you would do??

[greg]

I have a 2010 24 foot Bay Boat with a 300 Suzuki motor. On the boat I also have three 5208's. Question-If you were to go out 30 to 40 miles for Grouper--would you shut off the engine while fishing and still keep the 5208's on? My fear is that the 5208's would use too much battery power and I might not be able to start the motor??

Trolling in january?

You have $12k in displays on a "Bay boat" that you want to take 40 miles offshore, and you don't know if you have enough power to keep them going?

This is wrong on so many levels. But if you are worried about battery reserves, either add another battery and keep it charged and offline or carry a portable gennie. You can use it to run the blender; those mojita's don't mix themselves you know.

Just wondering what you would do??

What I did on my Parker was add a third battery that I kept in the "off" position unless it was needed. I didn't draw on it unless neither of my starting batteries would budge the engines. For overnight trips, I carried a honda eu2k generator. I'd run the gennie into the shore power outlet and keep everything running all night long - radar, chartplotter, vhf's, sonar, and lights.

When you are bobbing around 80-100 miles from shore in a 25 foot boat, you want everything on and working.

For shark trolling I just kept the radar off unless it was foggy out. That's what the safety battery was for.

Never had a problem.

My new boat has a generator, I just leave that running from dock till dock.

[opaleski]

I have been thinking about a third battery, I also have two batteries for trolling that I could use if need be??

[mike01]

btw whats the point of running 3 of the same garmin's?? just in case the other two brake ?? cant u just do everything with just one

[Bigfoot II]

I would leave one on while drifting, and leave the radar off unless it's at night or foggy and you really need it. Watch the voltage on the battery.. keep a log - check it every hour and see how it goes down. You can then predict how long you can keep them on and still have enough power to start the boat.

[pegneck]

This has been a question asked on another boating forum....same reply's, I've seen pictures of your boat where's the third screen??