as per a garmin tech via a phone call.... The units have a internal voltage regulator, that means the input voltage is going to be regulated down to the set voltage the unit uses. He told me any thing over 12 volts is wasted as far as how the unit will operate. He said people seeing improvements by using 16 volt batteries is due to poor boat wiring.
@@NiteWolfeFishing Russell marine has a real good video showing where there is no real Difference due to voltage. So that goes right along with what the tech is saying.
Regarding voltage, I didn't see any difference going to 18v. However going from 18v to 28v (using a buck converter) there is a much more noticeable difference. Especially the further out your trying to see. A LOT LESS pixilation and the and you can run more settings without slowing down the picture processing. That's been my experience anyway :)
@@The_Garmin_Guru I should have mentioned that I fish in salt water, not sure if that makes a difference, but anything past 50ft was very dense and pixilated. After being told by a few installers to go to 28v its the same as fishing in 10ft. I dont know what (if any) difference in fresh water would be.
Great video. Can’t wait for the podcast. Sounds awesome
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as per a garmin tech via a phone call.... The units have a internal voltage regulator, that means the input voltage is going to be regulated down to the set voltage the unit uses. He told me any thing over 12 volts is wasted as far as how the unit will operate.
He said people seeing improvements by using 16 volt batteries is due to poor boat wiring.
@@NiteWolfeFishing Russell marine has a real good video showing where there is no real
Difference due to voltage. So that goes right along with what the tech is saying.
Regarding voltage, I didn't see any difference going to 18v. However going from 18v to 28v (using a buck converter) there is a much more noticeable difference. Especially the further out your trying to see. A LOT LESS pixilation and the and you can run more settings without slowing down the picture processing. That's been my experience anyway :)
@@TheHonro I may have to try that.
@@The_Garmin_Guru I should have mentioned that I fish in salt water, not sure if that makes a difference, but anything past 50ft was very dense and pixilated. After being told by a few installers to go to 28v its the same as fishing in 10ft. I dont know what (if any) difference in fresh water would be.
@@TheHonro it’s very interesting for sure
Do you have a video about how important it is to level your Garmin LS transducer and how to do it ?
Hello, so i have the LVS32 with black box. If i just buy the LVS34 transducer, could i continue to use the black box that i already have?
Yes you can bud
How does someone get ahold of these old recommended updates you mentioned? Also how do you back update graphs and the black box?
@@Hookedonfishingforlife I have lots on file personally. I do sell old updates on cards and force updating is fairly easy