USB phone battery to Lowrance fish finder?

[mrstangblb]

I have one of the small rechargeable phone batteries that you can connect to a cell phone to power it. It's a 3000maH one so it could power my little Lowrance fish finder for a while.

How easy is it to splice the USB wire into a regular battery harness to the fish finder? The battery uses a mini USB I think, so I hope to cut it and splice it to the finder.

I read where USB cables have 4 wires. Is that correct and which ones do I splice to? I'm pretty decent with electronics but have never cut one of these cables.

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[Cane Pole]

USB power is 5v. Cell phone batteries are typical 3.5v to 4v range. I believe you may have a problem with a single battery.
USB power wires are typically red and black.

I mention typical because China is in the mix.

[mrstangblb]

It's a lot like this one: http://www.bestbuy.com/site/axxess-5...?skuId=4935917

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[Cane Pole]

The output is USB voltage (5v). Typically, you need 12v to power Lowrance units.

[mrstangblb]

The output is USB voltage (5v). Typically, you need 12v to power Lowrance units.

Okay. Thanks.

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[Cane Pole]

This would work. Your unit type will determine the active run time of the battery.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabel...able%2Bbattery

[mrstangblb]

This would work. Your unit type will determine the active run time of the battery.

http://www.cabelas.com/product/Cabel...able%2Bbattery

Yeah, I have one. I was just curious about whether the small rechargeable one would work because I have 2 of them sitting around.

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[Cane Pole]

ok. There are small lithium ion batteries on the market that pack a punch. I use all sorts of battery packs in my R/C stuff.

You can take the 5v battery and boost it to 12v with the right contraption.

[Cane Pole]

This would let U use UR power packs. Need a std to micro connector adapter and connect output per polarity.

Dc to Dc boost converter is what this device be. Good for 2 amp out current. Your head unit prob @ about 1 amp continuous.

https://www.amazon.com/Converter-DIB...onverter&psc=1

[mrstangblb]

This would let U use UR power packs. Need a std to micro connector adapter and connect output per polarity.

Dc to Dc boost converter is what this device be. Good for 2 amp out current. Your head unit prob @ about 1 amp continuous.

https://www.amazon.com/Converter-DIB...onverter&psc=1

That's pretty cool! Thanks for the info.

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