I had my boat out this past weekend for the first time this year an I had an unusual warning with my fish finders. Both the bow and dash mount finders are garmin 240's and would beep after 5 seconds of powering them up and give a "high voltage warning" message then shut themselves off. I tried turning them on numerous times but it never failed to happen. The only time they worked properly was at wide open or close to wide open throttle. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?
Don't take me wrong, I'm not anti-technology. Battery powdered items will always have their place. I'm mean you don't want your girl friend or wife in the bedroom playing for their gas powered adult toys!! That would be a bit loud and smokey!
That’s right. My 84 year old dad loves his electric chain saw. Light weight and quiet. Besides, at his age he’s not cutting a bunch. Where as myself I want something with more power and heavier duty. Look at how many people have switched back to gasoline cars after running one in winter if you travel a lot.
As long as my strike master works I’ll keep using gas. Maybe my next will be electric, but who knows, you can find used gas ones pretty reasonable as others buy electric.
I think electric items have their places, I just don't think large commercial jobs are going to be able to work well with them. Can't see a logging crew out in the woods all day changing batteries!
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I had my boat out this past weekend for the first time this year an I had an unusual warning with my fish finders. Both the bow and dash mount finders are garmin 240's and would beep after 5 seconds of powering them up and give a "high voltage warning" message then shut themselves off. I tried turning them on numerous times but it never failed to happen. The only time they worked properly was at wide open or close to wide open throttle. Any suggestions as to what might be causing this?
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