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<blockquote data-quote="Sluggin_Guts" data-source="post: 288355" data-attributes="member: 1984"><a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z7GNQ6R/?tag=nodakangler10-20" target="_blank">https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z7GNQ6R/?tag=nodakangler10-20</a>I bought two of these and mounted them in the battery compartment of the shuttle.&nbsp; I connected them to the main harness with weatherpack connectors allowing me to easily disconnect the Milwaukee docks if wanted.&nbsp; Days that I'm moving non stop trying to locate fish I'll use 1 battery to save some weight...I was worried that not having a battery in both docks would create the potential to create a short on the live terminals of the unused dock by back feeding power from the dock being used, hence the reason I put the connector plugs in. Garmin has verified that their products can easily handle 20+ volts, so I have not installed any kind of voltage regulator as they reduce the batteries efficiency resulting in less run time.&nbsp; I have the voltage showing on the screen of my Echomap all the time, so I can use that to monitor battery life and I'll usually switch them out before I drain them down too far.&nbsp; I've heard pulling them down too far can shorten the life of the battery, but I have no experience to verify that.&nbsp; What I do know is that the livescope likes good voltage, so once you start getting low you'll start having issues with the livescope not functioning properly.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Sluggin_Guts, post: 288355, member: 1984"] [URL]https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B07Z7GNQ6R/?tag=nodakangler10-20[/URL] I bought two of these and mounted them in the battery compartment of the shuttle. I connected them to the main harness with weatherpack connectors allowing me to easily disconnect the Milwaukee docks if wanted. Days that I'm moving non stop trying to locate fish I'll use 1 battery to save some weight...I was worried that not having a battery in both docks would create the potential to create a short on the live terminals of the unused dock by back feeding power from the dock being used, hence the reason I put the connector plugs in. Garmin has verified that their products can easily handle 20+ volts, so I have not installed any kind of voltage regulator as they reduce the batteries efficiency resulting in less run time. I have the voltage showing on the screen of my Echomap all the time, so I can use that to monitor battery life and I'll usually switch them out before I drain them down too far. I've heard pulling them down too far can shorten the life of the battery, but I have no experience to verify that. What I do know is that the livescope likes good voltage, so once you start getting low you'll start having issues with the livescope not functioning properly. [/QUOTE]

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