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battery hooked up to the charger for extended periods of time.
When you get home from a trip, put your battery on charge right away and leave it
there overnight, or for around 8-12 hours. Likewise, on the night before an ice fishing
trip, put it on the charger again, just to make sure. Again, there is no danger of
overcharging your battery. We often talk to people who hesitate to charge their
battery after each use for fear that the battery will develop a “memory” and this will
lead to a shortened run time—THIS IS FALSE!!! ALWAYS CHARGE YOUR
BATTERY AFTER EVERY USE!!! Be sure to use the charger that came with your
system, or a similar one that is between .5 amp and 1 amp. Using a larger charger,
like you would use on a car, truck, RV, or boat is likely to cause damage to the
battery. There is really no danger of overcharging your battery with a low amp
charger, and most chargers automatically go into “maintenance mode” once a full
charge has been achieved.
TO CHARGE YOUR BATTERY:
Your battery has a wiring harness attached to it that has “piggyback” terminals on it,
enabling you to keep the power cord from the unit attached to the battery at all times,
as well as having the wiring harness with receptacle for your charger attached at all
times. To charge, simply couple the end of the charger with the end of the wiring
harness. It is normal for a green light to appear on the charger at this time if the
charger is plugged into the battery only. It is also normal for the light on the charger
to be green if it is just plugged into the wall. When it is plugged into the wall and
battery, you will see a red LED light appear on the charger. If the light is red, the
battery is being charged. When your battery is fully charged, this red light should
change to green. If it is time to go fishing and the light has not turned green, go fish
and try to allow a longer charging period next time.
Batteries are an expendable item, and must be replaced periodically. The batteries
that we use are the “Sealed Lead Acid” variety, they are 12 volts, and range from 7
to 9 amps. The more amps the battery has, the longer it will run on a full charge.
Your Marcum can be powered off of any battery that is 12 volts, even a large
automotive or deep cycle battery.
If you are having difficulty with the charging process, please see the Charger
Troubleshooting section at end of the manual.
If you need to remove the battery, slide the power cord leads from the battery.
Remove the strap that is holding the battery in place and lift the battery out. To
replace the battery, place a new battery of similar specifications into the battery
compartment and secure it with the Velcro strap and re-connect the positive and
negative terminals.
Ice System Set-Up
Your VX
-
1i comes virtually ready to fish. All you need to do is hook up the positive
lead from the
VX-1i
power cord to the battery. Your
VX-1i
is delivered with a
charged battery, so you can take it fishing right away. Inside the
VX-1i
deluxe
softcase is an electronics shuttle that has recessed compartments for the battery
and the dual beam transducer. Take the transducer out of the recessed holder and
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