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Originally Posted by John M
How long will it run a HDS 5 with GPS?
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Brother, It will run your FF/GPS all day long. It will also run your bait pump at the same time, ALL DAY LONG! If you're fishing from a Hobie, then you're probably running the bait tank on the 6 volt battery that goes with it. I've heard that the 500 GPH Tsunami bait pump beats the crap out of the bait in the Hobie bait tank if you try to run it on 12 volts. So running it on 6 volts cuts the flow rate down to about 150-200 GPH. I have made a simple electrolytic device with 2, 500 ohm resistors that steps the voltage down to 6 volts. You can run 2 leads from the battery. The lead for the FF/GPS will use 12 volts, and the bait tank can run through the voltage stepper to drop the voltage from 12 to 6 volts. Trust me, 150-200 GPH is more than enough oxygenated water for your small bait tank on your kayak. The device I made is encapsulated in casting resin. It's completely waterproof. If interested in that as well, let me know.