04-25-2010, 04:04 PM
My LVM pump has 10' leads, and the battery on my Honda Civic is mounted back by the firewall. I had some problems with being able to reach all five of the valves in my Rampage without having to reposition the boat so the leads would reach far enough.
FG's post about using the little battery reminded me that I had bought one specifically for inflating the boat when I was away from the car. Only paid about $23 including shipping at Amazon for a Yuasa / Enersys 12V 7AH SLA battery.
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I went to a local lake Friday and remembered to bring the little battery. It was great, I just set it in the middle of the boat and could reach all five valves. It inflated the boat just as fast as with the car's battery too. Afterwards I used it to deflate the boat before packing it up.
This morning I remembered to put the battery on the charger.... 2 amp charging rate selected on my charger and it was fully charged in about 15 minutes! I had thought that the LVM's advertised 25 amp max draw would pull that little battery down pretty far and that it would take quite a while to recharge.
From now on, I will always take it with me.
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FG's post about using the little battery reminded me that I had bought one specifically for inflating the boat when I was away from the car. Only paid about $23 including shipping at Amazon for a Yuasa / Enersys 12V 7AH SLA battery.
I went to a local lake Friday and remembered to bring the little battery. It was great, I just set it in the middle of the boat and could reach all five valves. It inflated the boat just as fast as with the car's battery too. Afterwards I used it to deflate the boat before packing it up.
This morning I remembered to put the battery on the charger.... 2 amp charging rate selected on my charger and it was fully charged in about 15 minutes! I had thought that the LVM's advertised 25 amp max draw would pull that little battery down pretty far and that it would take quite a while to recharge.
From now on, I will always take it with me.
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