TESTED! Garmin LiveScope LVS 34 | How Much Battery Do You Need?

[@stevecochran4924]

Excellent Video! You would think the manufacturers would produce a video like this. Thank you for taking time to do all of this work. I struggled with how much battery I needed to run my gear, FYI I went with Lithium batteries in my boat - except for cranking and saved a lot of weight and gained a lot of reserve power.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad it was helpful, I will likely go Lithium when I need to replace mine again...but they are all pretty much new

[@hunterpro48]

This was the exact information I needed! I’ll be running most of my screens at less than 90% brightness so that’s even better. Thank you so much

[@1Cast1Fish]

90% and Sleeping inactive screens saves a ton of battery on a long day.

[@501Panfishing]

Thanks for uploading a very much needed informal video about amps draw.. You helped me understand power consumption a little more. So I have a question for you, I basically have the same setup as you do, however I have two live scopes, so say for instance my entire system is drawing 11.9 amp and I want to fish for 8hr. That would make my amp consumption 95.2 amps for 8 hr ? What size lithium battery would i need to run my system? Thanks

[@1Cast1Fish]

I would check with the lithium manufactures for their recommendations as they have alot of run time data available on their websites. Now I run my system of electronics off a 100ah Lead Acid Interstate battery. Thats 4 Garmin 106 Ultras and the LVS. Now I can say that I fish 8 hours without issue on this setup, but I do sleep 2 of the 4 fishfinders based on my location in the boat. The biggest difference is that with lithium you get a deeper discharge cycle, so you get more "usable" battery compared to lithium. A 100ah Lithium will run alot longer than a 100ah Lead battery. That said when I go to replace my batteries next go around (hopefully not soon :) ) I will likely look at lithium in the 100-125 Ahr area. Putting those units in sleep mode definitely saves some juice.

[@YourNextCast]

Really cool to see this out in the field. You got some really nice monitors on the boat.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Thanks! They come in handy for certain situations.

[@Danxiong]

A much needed video. Thank you!!

[@1Cast1Fish]

Glad it was helpful!

[@AndrewCummins-i6e]

So is there any difference with a 106 with a transducer and without? I use mine for ice fishing and just have the livescope plugged in, no transducer

[@1Cast1Fish]

I’m sure there has to be some difference, but I’m not sure how much as I did not do any testing in that configuration

[@3DOutdoors]

Great information. I know my live scope is very power hungry.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Definitely uses a bit of power with everything running, I run my 4 Graphs and the LVS 34 off 1 dedicated 100Ah lead acid deep cycle currently...I have not had any issues

[@BritzFishing]

Awesome video! Thank you for putting it together! Do you think you could do a video testing amp draw at each 10% increment on a single 106sv?

[@1Cast1Fish]

I have added it to the list of possible future videos....thanks for the idea and suggestion

[@TheUnclered2]

Question about my Striker 4...........I'm on my second battery in a year (new this summer). I just used it for a short two day fishing trip and the voltage dropped to the point of shutting off the Striker 4. Battery charger lights up green, in fact it just did when I put it on it. When fishing for parts of two days I could watch the voltage drop. Is this a battery problem or FF? I could turn it back on to find depth but only for a minute or two before it shutting down again. Is there a way to connect FF to my 12v trolling motor battery?

[@1Cast1Fish]

What size and type of battery was you using? Yes you can connect it to your trolling battery as well...many connection options depending on your setup

[@dayamcfarlane3336]

A little off topic BUT hoping you wouldnt mind helping out a fellow striker 4 user. The 4-pin power cable on my striker 4 is no good and I was wondering if a replacement garmin 2-pin power cable is compatible as Im getting one in a couple of days. All i need is for the dang thing to come one and take me to my best fishing spots once more😢. No fancy shmancy stuff

[@1Cast1Fish]

Requires the 4 pin, they are pretty cheap on Amazon...I think less than $20.

[@wyldbill100]

Sub'd. Great content and straight to the point. Well done.

[@1Cast1Fish]

Thank you :)

[@scotmclellan5190]

Thanks Paul. would this also apply to some degree on the Striker 4CV units??

[@1Cast1Fish]

Yes, absolutely...you can test anything.

[@scotmclellan5190]

@@1Cast1Fish

[@monzsterman]

Very informative information right there. Gona break out my amp clamp and check out my boat just for curiosity.

[@1Cast1Fish]

I ended up testing all sorts of things while I was out there.

[@ronhuffman4730]

Dude wtf. I wanted to know what size lithium is needed to operate the live scope and screens etc…

[@dankohl-db5pg]

When you put the 106sv into sleep mode are they still drawing power

[@1Cast1Fish]

Yes they are...but how much? I'm not sure...but a great idea for another video to test.

[@dankohl-db5pg]

I have 3 garmin 106sv and life scope all linked together they all come on at the same time how do you turn them off individually there is only 1transducer for all devices

[@1Cast1Fish]

You can not with the 106's, I have 4 and they all turn on when any of them are powered up. I just put the units in sleep mode that I am not using. I searched for an answer to this exact same question once mine were installed.

[@dankohl-db5pg]

Thanks for the info

[@1Cast1Fish]

I hope they eventually do a update for this

[@ronhuffman4730]

He showed pushing the power button for a split second showed sleep mode.