hds conection ?

[bobbyb]

hi all,
can the red and yellow wires both go directly to the positive? since all power is isolated when boat is not in use anyway. cheers....

[Andy H]

Helped my brother install a HDS 8 with structure scan today. Yellow went straight to positive with the red.

[bobbyb]

thanks andy, i thought as much. cheers and happy fishing......

[madmackrel]

Pretty sure the yellow is there for autopilot

[Dicktracey]

Perry Yellow wire is a trigger "switch" wire that will auto boot up unit if the red wire has power it.
I have my LSS structure scan Yellow wire hooked up to my sounder yellow wire so it boots up when i turn the sounder on.
Cheers
Dick

[madmackrel]

thanks dick

[johndeere]

I had read where it may be prudent to hook up the LSS to a seperate switch as it uses quite a bit of power. This would be good out deep as you could leave the main unit on without the increased risk of flattening the batteries.