Curious whether a unit put in stand by is still drawing power ??
Curious whether a unit put in stand by is still drawing power ??
1990 374V Ranger Still kickin' bass after all these years
If I remember correctly, one of my Live 12's on standby draws 1.3 AmpsOriginally Posted by twitch
21 Phoenix 819 Pro
21 Mercury Pro XS 200 4 Stroke (3B003279)
Yes but far less than when the screen is lit. I always put my helm unit in stand by when fishing from the bow and I standby the two front graphs when running.
That is what I do also but was curious if they still draw power , how much more when the screen is on
HDS Live 12
Sidescan on-1.6 amp
Sonar stopped- 1.3 amp
Standby, sonar NOT stopped-1 amp
Sonar stopped in standby-.7 amp
Per Ionic bluetooth App
Thanks
Good Info Thanks. I always stop my transducers and put 2 units in standby.
But at end of day when charging I could tell they were still drawing some amps.
Sonar stops automatically when in standby mode.
2012 Stratos 294 Evolution, Mercury 200 PROXS (1B933452)// HDS live 12 with AT 1, HDS Pro 10 with AT 2, HDS Carbon 12 with SS3D, point 1, sonichub2, Lowrance Ghost, and 3 Ionic lithium batteries.
Nope
Sonar still pings when sonar is off or in standby. It just pings with less intensity.
Stopped sonar it doesn't ping at all.
In standby it pings normally. If you have units that are networked by ethernet, a unit in standby can be a sonar source for other unit(s).
Before adamantly backing up my previous statement, I decided to go power up my units to make sure I was not in left field.
Apparently my structure scan was set to AI 3 in 1 which really means the other transducer on the network and not the one connected to "this unit". So when I set the source to "this unit" on the bow hds live, the trolling motor mounted 3 in 1 went completely silent.
Kind of nonsense that the 2d sonar sources are labeled the same as the mfd name while the structure scan side is either labeled as "this unit" or the transducer type of the alternate source.
Regardless, I now agree that stopping sonar does infact stop the transducer pinging.
Not to sound like a know it all but the words Stop Sonar, seem to be self-explanatory. When sonar is stopped, there is no sonar, i.e. no pinging and no scrolling.
2004TR-21X/2015 250 ProXS
2B112175
Well, one would think standby would stop the sonar from pinging too....just saying. So it did not seem out of the question that my transducer was acting the same when sonar was stopped as it did in when unit was in standby .
On the bow when I put my HDS in stby my US2 on the ultrex stops pinging, always thought stby stopped the pinging based on that
this is probably why my shoot throughs only last 4 years thinking they aren't pinging in stby
Are you sure about that? I was getting interference on my bow unit. 2d transducer mounted on troll motor. Interference was from the transom mount 2d transducer. I had the console-transom unit in standby and it was still pinging. I went around putting my ear up to the transducers to prove it. Lol They were clicking- pinging in standby and were off in sonar off.
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