David M. Simolo
Well-Known Member
Nate,
I rarely use the 35w radio, often out of laziness to get it all set up when I'm not sure I will need it. One thing I have noticed is that that radio can drag a fresh 12v battery down to about 10.5v right away when it's running so there's some pretty intense consumption going on there. If I'm going to use if for a sizable portion of the day I gang two 26 amp-hour batteries together in parallel to increase my run time.
I rarely use the 35w radio, often out of laziness to get it all set up when I'm not sure I will need it. One thing I have noticed is that that radio can drag a fresh 12v battery down to about 10.5v right away when it's running so there's some pretty intense consumption going on there. If I'm going to use if for a sizable portion of the day I gang two 26 amp-hour batteries together in parallel to increase my run time.