Thread: Equipment cutting out?

My lowrance will loose power when I crank the motor and I noticed today when I installed my new VHF that when I key the mic it will loose power as well and restart.
Any thoughts?

Sounds like the battery does not have enough power for all your toys

weak battery

X3

Maybe not. I went to the battery and found that the positive terminal had some corrosion under the conections. I cleaned them and hooked everything back up. I keyed the mic. several times and never could get it to loose power again.
I hope I have fixed the problem. What do you think....could this have been the problem?

That has the same effect as a weak battery. But, that being said, when my HB788 is turned on on the bow and I crank the big motor, the 788 goes off and stays off until I press the power button again, and I have a brand new cranking battery that stays charged.

Originally Posted by majflyboy

That has the same effect as a weak battery. But, that being said, when my HB788 is turned on on the bow and I crank the big motor, the 788 goes off and stays off until I press the power button again, and I have a brand new cranking battery that stays charged.

Depending on your outboard, your battery could still be weak, even in perfect condition. Or you could have excessive loss in your wiring. Are you straight to the battery?

Originally Posted by majflyboy

That has the same effect as a weak battery. But, that being said, when my HB788 is turned on on the bow and I crank the big motor, the 788 goes off and stays off until I press the power button again, and I have a brand new cranking battery that stays charged.

I had the same problem. Sold my HB and kept my new crank battery.

Originally Posted by Cane Pole

I had the same problem. Sold my HB and kept my new crank battery.

Same thing used to happen with my HB's all the time. I sold the boat, gave away the HB's with the boat. Replaced the boat, and bought Lowrance HDS units for the new boat.
May have been a bit of an over reaction on my part, but had to justify buying a different boat/electronics.

Mine does the same thing but first thing in the morning when the bat is fully charged its ok. But after a while with the livewell running it does it. I have a 24 group batt, going to go 27 and hook livewell to TM batt. I was thinkling the same thing,weak battery. Will let you know come spring