I’ve had a couple things over the years ram mounted to my genz box. Must say this takes the cake..
I trimmed the genz box handle down a bit so it’ll fit snugly in a 5 gallon bucket with the lx7 head attached. I knew as soon as I saw the traditional marcum styled case it was a no-go in my book.
Looks good. That has to lighten the unit some?
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Looks good. That has to lighten the unit some?
Th LX 7 head unit weighs 1 Lb 12 Oz. I’m not sure how that compares to an LX5 head as I’ve never weighed one but I’d bet they’re fairly similar. Basically the weight is in the battery.
Now an 8″ screen is an 8″ screen. 
How about replace the battery with a li-ion battery pack? A 12V 9.8AH li-ion battery pack only weighs about 1.5 lbs, and is much smaller. Not sure if it will work when it’s very cold(-4F or lower, it suppose to work when temperature is above -4F). Aqua-Vu micro is using a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a battery life up to five hours. I am going to try one 12V li-ion pack on my Lx-5. The problem with these battery pack is that I can only find them on Ebay, and only a few Chinese sellers are selling them(those listed in Hong Kong are actually Chinese Sellers). And some Chinese manufacturers tend to exaggerate the AH of their batteries. Plus li-ion battery cannot be shipped by air. It might take one to two months for the battery to arrive.
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How about replace the battery with a li-ion battery pack? A 12V 9.8AH li-ion battery pack only weighs about 1.5 lbs, and is much smaller. Not sure if it will work when it’s very cold(-4F or lower, it suppose to work when temperature is above -4F). Aqua-Vu micro is using a rechargeable lithium-ion battery with a battery life up to five hours. I am going to try one 12V li-ion pack on my Lx-5. The problem with these battery pack is that I can only find them on Ebay, and only a few Chinese sellers are selling them(those listed in Hong Kong are actually Chinese Sellers). And some Chinese manufacturers tend to exaggerate the AH of their batteries. Plus li-ion battery cannot be shipped by air. It might take one to two months for the battery to arrive.
MarCum has looked into this extensively. Price is a MAJOR factor as a battery that would actually offer a performance improvement over what is currently available in the 12V/9AMP power supply currently used would run about $50/MarCum’s cost. Consumers would pay $75+ for that battery… making it a tough sell.
You are right about the cost about the li-ion battey. High quality Li-ion batteries of the same capacity could cost much more than gel cell batteries. That’s why I am going to buy one primitive looking 12V/9+AMP li-ion battery to see how it performs. This battery pack doesn’t have a hard shell, it’s wrapped in plastics. Like This battery on ebay
If it arrives, it’ll cost me about $36.
If it works well, I’ll try to get a quality one with hard shell. A good 12V/13.6AMP battery with battery status indicator built in might cost around $75. I guess this might be the kind of battery that Marcum checked out.
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You are right about the cost about the li-ion battey. High quality Li-ion batteries of the same capacity could cost much more than gel cell batteries. That’s why I am going to buy one primitive looking 12V/9+AMP li-ion battery to see how it performs. This battery pack doesn’t have a hard shell, it’s wrapped in plastics. Like This battery on ebay
If it arrives, it’ll cost me about $36.
If it works well, I’ll try to get a quality one with hard shell. A good 12V/13.6AMP battery with battery status indicator built in might cost around $75. I guess this might be the kind of battery that Marcum checked out.
MarCum spec’d custom batteries. The testing with off the shelf LI batteries showed very poor results as the amp hours never seemed to live up to anywhere near stated capacity. They’ve not given up the R&D on this though. If a cost effective solution is out there to be had, they’ll find it.
Since you mentioned that, I decided to go for a 12V/13.6AMP li-ion battery pack which has no hard shell. It will cost me about $45.
Quite a few of the 12V li-ion battery manfacturers in China really exaggerate the capacities(especially AMPs) of their batteries, up to 50% higher than their actual capacities.
Sometimes you can tell this by looking at the dimensions of their batteries.
Hopefully the 12V/13.6AMP battery I am buying will have at least 9AMP on it.
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