Thread: Did Lowrance kill their emulators?

Originally Posted by Tracker123

Like I said, I use mine with a 12 volt power supply. Made two small cables with small alligator clips, it's cheap.

You have that fused?

Originally Posted by Tracker123

Like I said, I use mine with a 12 volt power supply. Made two small cables with small alligator clips, it's cheap.

I agree with you, except.

What the heck is a alligator clip? ( I know but someone else may not)

Where would I connect the alligators clip into the back of a graph with no wires? In a alligators butt?

I believe the question is about a power cable. Unless I'm reading it wrong.
Making 'pins' is for someone that knows a little about tracing colors on a plug and being able to locate then in realtion to the plug guide slot. (not sure if thats the correct termonoligy)
Key here is, DO NOT JUST PLUG INTO ANY PIN SLOT!!!
I did that once and had to marry her.

Originally Posted by FisherMike

What the heck is a alligator clip? ( I know but someone else may not)

I'm quite sure you know what an alligator clip is, panama red!

Originally Posted by FisherMike

I agree with you, except.

What the heck is a alligator clip? ( I know but someone else may not)

Where would I connect the alligators clip into the back of a graph with no wires? In a alligators butt?

I believe the question is about a power cable. Unless I'm reading it wrong.
Making 'pins' is for someone that knows a little about tracing colors on a plug and being able to locate then in realtion to the plug guide slot. (not sure if thats the correct termonoligy)
Key here is, DO NOT JUST PLUG INTO ANY PIN SLOT!!!
I did that once and had to marry her.

I said two alligator clips with cables (small gauge wire). To make it easy, don't worry about the the color of wires. The female power/transducer connection for the unit has pin slot holes in it. Using your multi-meter, find the 12 volt power supply and the ground and you're done. Once you know the location of the power supply from the connection, then you know which pins to jump with the alligator clips. I don't know how to describe to you guys what a alligator clip is.

Originally Posted by Woodworker42

CP, how did you hook your Elite 5 to a portable battery? Did you buy an extra power cable? If so where & how much? Or can you just hook power directly to the pins? I would love to be able to play with my unit in the house, since my boat us stored in an unheated structure about 3 mi away from my house. Thanks,WW.

WW ... when I bought the unit from a site member, it came with two separate power/tdx cables. One brand new & one "used" (but only a short time). I think he had purchased the unit, had trouble with it, sent the head unit in for repair ... and got a whole new system in return. In the meantime, another unit was purchased ... and the new unit & transducer/power cable, the "used" tdx/power cable, the transom mount hardware, and a TM mount sleeve was included in the deal.

You would have to buy a power/tdx cable, to be able to "use" the unit when it wasn't on the boat. This cable seems to run around the $70-$100 range (new) wherever sold :

This is the cheapest I found:
Lowrance TM Transducer f/DSI w/Temp

The only one I found on eBay was asking $82 : Lowrance DSi Transducer with Temp for Elite 5 DSi Elite 5X DSi Mark 5X DSi 42194534855 | eBay

And this one, at a "outlet" store ... @ $96 : Lowrance Transom Mount Transducers

The Elite 5 DSI has a single cable system (power cable & transducer/water temp all in one), which is probably why it's so expensive. Personally, I'm not sure I would have dropped another $70+ just to be able to "play with the unit in the house" ... but, that's just me.

... cp