Electronics Left On A Boat During Winter? Yes or No

[iBigmacius]

My .02 cents.

I’d only really worry about an LCD cracking or pixels popping due to the cold. But... this is almost always caused by sudden change In temperature. If it were ice cold and all of a sudden brought to hot temp it could pop. I’ve seen this with laptops that have been left in vehicles. Anything that is going to gradually warm up would be fine, I think anyways.


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[Misdirection]

How many of you have displays in your truck that you keep in an unheated garage? Or park outside overnight or at work?

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[h8go4s]

Originally Posted by Snowking

Unless your fishfinders are flush mounted. Why not bring them inside? I have read some posts over the years that they can suck down some electricity while turned off. So you may want to unplug the power cable if leaving them on the boat. Same with not leaving the trolling motor plugged in.

DISCONNECT THE BATTERIES FOR WINTER STORAGE.

[stosiak]

I use to take my hummin bird off after every trip and now I loose gps because of worn terminals. Had to do some doctoring per You tube instructions and it's a crap shoot whether or not is will work. The unit is no longer serviceable from hummin bird as electronics update to fast. I'll be leaving mine on from now on.
Hummin Bird 1198c si top of the line at one time.

[3M TA3]

Just one example from the Lowrance HDS 7 Live spec page.

Storage Temperature Range4°F to 140°F (-20°C to 60°C )

Just saying.

[geareng]

That is operating temperature range

Operating Temperature Range
5°F to 131°F (-15°C to 55°C )

[Bobby Winds]

I posted the operating AND storage temps about 5 weeks earlier....... ^^^^^^

[Ozark Bob]

So we have a consensus! Do whatever you want. It will probably be OK! JMO Bob

[Mark Pothen]

Yep. I'm not tearing mine out of the dash. 😆

[3M TA3]

Originally Posted by geareng

That is operating temperature range

Operating Temperature Range
5°F to 131°F (-15°C to 55°C )

Mark, this line was cut and pasted from their web site regarding the HDS 7 Live.

Storage Temperature Range4°F to 140°F (-20°C to 60°C )