Securing a battery inside the hull of a kayak

[Boomstick]

Hey guys,

 

So I bought the kids fish finders for Christmas this year. One of them has a Kaku Voodoo, so his setup will be in a self contained YakAttack CellBlock, easy enough. The other has a kayak and come spring, we'll be installing the fish finder. What trick does everyone use to secure a battery in the hull so it doesn't slide around? That's the only thing I don't know how to do

[Dens228]

Strong Velcro.  

[Boomstick]

Just now, Dens228 said:

Strong Velcro.  

Should I super glue the velcro to the inside of the hull?

[diehardbassfishing]

Super glue not very super in some applications. It's brittle.

If glue only option, epoxy probably much better.

 

Clean the plastic hull area with a strong detergent (or better yet cigarette lighter fluid), and alcohol.

 

Karl

 

There are industrial strength adhesive back velcro straps that I have used - Home Depot stuff. It's quite good.

[Boomstick]

6 minutes ago, diehardbassfishing said:

There are industrial strength adhesive back velcro straps that I have used - Home Depot stuff. It's quite good.

Sounds like a trip to Home Depot is in order then. Thanks

[diehardbassfishing]

Clean the surface same as mentioned with gluing.

A little pull test once set up with the battery will tell you what to expect for security with the mount.

 

Karl

 

 

[Dens228]

They have adhesive backing......no need for superglue. 

 

[Choporoz]

I used marine goop to glue packing Styrofoam pieces inside the hull to make a sort of tray that the battery sets in and doesn't slide around 

[Paul Roberts]

I put the battery in a battery box, a semi-waterproof latched plastic box. I cut holes for cables. It's held in place by those cables attached to the finder. I use the same battery, finder, and transducer on my float tube too, so the whole deal is portable. Oh yes, the battery is a tiny compact job made by Nocqua. Probably the single greatest upgrade I made to my portable boats. Went from a 5lb brick to a little thing weighing less than a lb.

[J Francho]

I don't do anything fancy.  I keep mine in a dry bag wedged under the seat.  This has worked for almost a decade.  I can try to remember to show you in the Zoom call this weekend if you want.

[Boomstick]

6 minutes ago, J Francho said:

I don't do anything fancy.  I keep mine in a dry bag wedged under the seat.  This has worked for almost a decade.  I can try to remember to show you in the Zoom call this weekend if you want.

 Yeah, if you'd be able to demo that I'd love to see it. I think I might still want to put it inside the hull for the sole reason that I'm going to have a bit of excess transducer cable to do something with. I mean they do have a mount on the bottom and have a hole to run the wire up which comes up right before the hull hatch.

[J Francho]

The dry bag may still work for you then.  I use a 5L size, and there's room for extra cord.  I'll get it ready to show you.  I have a new laptop, with a better camera this time around. 

[Boomstick]

2 hours ago, J Francho said:

The dry bag may still work for you then.  I use a 5L size, and there's room for extra cord.  I'll get it ready to show you.  I have a new laptop, with a better camera this time around. 

I was thinking I could do something with a dry bag once I read your post, and I even have one. I'll probably want to secure it so he can still store rods in the bull as well somehow. I look forward to seeing your setup.

[schplurg]

On 12/2/2020 at 5:05 AM, Choporoz said:

I used marine goop to glue packing Styrofoam pieces inside the hull to make a sort of tray that the battery sets in and doesn't slide around 

I like this type of thinking. I'd want something more secure and durable than Velcro.

 

My battery is in a DIY ammo box thing strapped behind my stadium seat. Has a few contacts and USB ports too.

[Bass Junke]

A water resistant battery box and a couple of strips of velcro. Hasn't moved in 2 years. I have forgotten to remove it from my hull a couple of times it, didn't come off the velcro even when I tilted my kayak back onto the roof. 

[Boulderman]

Battery in a small Pelican box with 12v plug. I use a nite-ize gear tie to quickly secure the pelican handle to my Hobie sail tube in the front hatch. Don't know if his kayak has anything like that to attach to.

[Born 2 fish]

I use Velcro in my kayak and bass raider.

[Bluebasser86]

I built the ammo can power box that I just set inside my dry storage and remove between trips. It doesn't move around while fishing and I can run my depthfinder off it, charge my GoPro batteries, and my phone at the same time.

[schplurg]

On 12/8/2020 at 10:04 PM, schplurg said:

I like this type of thinking. I'd want something more secure and durable than Velcro.

 

My battery is in a DIY ammo box thing strapped behind my stadium seat. Has a few contacts and USB ports too.

I actually read the post I quoted wrong, I don't like the marine goop idea. I thought the foam was glued together or formed in such a way that it would be secure in the hull without fastening it down.

 

Interesting that the Velcro works well for people. Cool to know.

 

I'm for non-permanent solutions though, but if I had to use one of these methods Velcro would be more to my liking than glue. Easier to remove later.

 

Arranging stuff in a fishing yak is quite a puzzle for sure.

 

[Matthew Pye]

Imo it's a bad idea.

 

You want something removable that won't damage the hull.

[DogBone_384]

On 12/11/2020 at 11:26 PM, Boulderman said:

Battery in a small Pelican box with 12v plug.

I do this, using BatteryTender disconnects and velcro the box inside the hull.  I used 3M Super77 spray adhesive to help the velcro stick to the plastic hull.

 

I remove the box and plug it into the BatteryTender to charge.