Instead of keeping fuse exposed you couldve wired it into box. That way there was no way the fuse gets wet or questions of “is it gonna get wet”

I went the same route. I found an old harbor freight Apache heavy duty lock box for mine. I just trimmed the foam that I didn’t need out and got those battery terminals. Works great , and light weight compared to me using my big marine battery which kept getting corroded and shorting out . This little battery and the box fits under the console of my 13 ft whaler perfectly

Excellent. One thing I like to do is after I drill a hole, especially in plastics, I use a dowel rod smaller than the hole, wrap I with 220 sandpaper. Then it’s a sanding dowel. Works excellent on burs and little rough spots that might prevent a good water seal.

Those little beautane torch lighters or a heat gun work great on shrink wrap. Channellocks work on the connecters really good.

Your wire strippers have a color coded crimper that works great by not crimping too tight

you can put the glands (sans the inside nut) on the cable before putting the female connectors on to keep the inner rubber in tact. (I did connections first too but cut them off to redo

I just got my Yukon and the Garmin Striker. Now I know how to get everything connected. I also got the Scotty mount. It got great reviews. Awesome video!

Thanks for the video! Used this as an example to construct a very similar battery sonar system in my own kayak. Haven't used it out on the water yet but so far it is providing power to my sonar unit. Thanks for the tips great tutorial.

Those strippers have a spot to crimp that may be easier than pliers since they were made for that along with a few other features.

At the top end of your wire strippers there are crimpers that you can use to crimp the butt connectors/splices onto the ends of the wires. They work pretty good.

I am about to do similar today, but going to cut the wire shorter and have the fuse inside the box..

I found the same watertight box on amazon with two sizes small and large may I know which size did you use? Hard to visualize the measurement might not accurate on the description.

Just hooked mine up. Thanks man

What battery was that? Which do you recommend and how long does it last?

Thank u sir

great video! What charger do you use to charge your battery brother? Do ya mind to link it?

Giving this a try tomorrow.

What are you worried about the battery getting wet???

Great video , I have the same yak and have been contemplating a fish finder . After watching this and how easy you made the setup look I’ll definitely be doing it .

How do you keep the battery charged all the time to keep power to the fish finder ?

Did you garmin come with connectors for the red and black wires? Mine are just exposed copper wires.. i didnt see where you connected it to the wires from the battery .not sure if you skipped that part, or went so fast i didnt see , but ive watched it twice now and cant tell what i missing 😂.

Couldn’t I just connect the striker cord directly to the fully insulated female terminals?

Do you have to disconnect battery to charge? Or can you 🔌 plug into compatible smart charger that uses the sae plug right back into the box?

Mate, there are 4 cables of the Garmin device, should I cut those two cables that's not red and black colour? Thanks in advance!

Squeeeeeze!

Awsome!

How much this cost with the battery and charger?

hello, what is the battery specification , voltage and A

Can you list price ?

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The concept is great, but that was possibly the worst execution I’ve ever seen.

Someone needs to teach this fella how to use wire strippers. Not a vary handy handyman lol.