Quote Originally Posted by Thumper View Post
Yep, that's how the ignition switch on a car works. The weird part is, he said everything stayed on before this problem cropped up. Unless he simply didn't notice the screens cutting off while cranking. But why would they come back on then ... but not now? Unless the battery is starting to crap out and voltages are dropping more than usual. He may be due for a load test on that cranking battery.
Yes, this is first time since 2007 that this has happened. Batteries have been changed once in that time.........but the cranking battery is different than the other two. The other two are Optima Blues in series. It is possible the cranking battery is like me, old and decrepit and tired. I'll check that out. I sure don't want to kill the Depthfinders and then turn back on every time........that's 11 feet of walking for one thing. And then they'd reset........ugh. But I'm learning more about all this than I knew.............thanks!