Humminbird 150 battery question

[ironstone74]

I picked up a used portable fishfinder and I can't top up the battery charge. It still has power but I want to top it up if I can.

 

When I connect the the charger connections to the corresponding coloured mount, I get a red LED saying "SHORT/REVERSE" instead of "CHARGED", or "CHARGING". I tried reversing the connection and the same result.

 

Any ideas??? Do I have to completely drain the battery before I recharge it?

 

Thanks for any help,

 

Paul

 

The battery is a 12volt 7Ah.

[alexcba]

if its the same as my portable 160 (wall plug with led) i once drained the battery on it completely. the red also means your very low on juice. i know when i plugged mine it, it was red after that, i left it for a few hours and it turned from orange/yellow, to green on the charger.

 

"just set it and forget it"

[ironstone74]

Cool, thanks I'll give that a try! I emailed Humminbird also to see what they say.

 

Paul

[livinisfishin]

I have the 160, absolutely love it! Same deal with the battery, just left it and it was fine

[Fisherman]

I picked up a used portable fishfinder and I can't top up the battery charge. It still has power but I want to top it up if I can.

 

When I connect the the charger connections to the corresponding coloured mount, I get a red LED saying "SHORT/REVERSE" instead of "CHARGED", or "CHARGING". I tried reversing the connection and the same result.

 

Any ideas??? Do I have to completely drain the battery before I recharge it?

 

Thanks for any help,

 

Paul

 

The battery is a 12volt 7Ah.

 

Take your handy voltmeter and see what the actual resting voltage is, maybe the battery is borderline toast, and make sure the battery is correctly connected.

[ironstone74]

Thanks guys, it's been charging for 6 hours now and is still red I'll see how the charge holds up 2morrow!!!

 

Paul

[livinisfishin]

Sounds done :s ! Any idea on the cost of a replacement?

[Fisherman]

Sounds done :s ! Any idea on the cost of a replacement?

Ah, about $25-30, your local battery shop will carry them.

[Roy]

I've told this story a dozen times here but....a long time ago, I had an Eagle Ultra or whatever it was. I had converted it to being portable. I was mostly running it when I was in places where I could not bring my own boat in. The security system in the house used a 12V, 7.5A battery backup plugged into a transformer that would keep it charged. I had 2 batteries and whenever I went north to those lakes, I'd simply swap out the fully charged security battery for the other. It would last me 3-4 days on the water and when it was time to go north again, I'd simply swap them out of the security system again. The batteries were always fully charged.

[ironstone74]

All good! It took 7.5 hours to get a green. Instructions should be more clear. Let's see if it can lead me to some beauties in the canoe AKA "bassboat" today. Haha.

 

Paul

[livinisfishin]

Righ on!