Lowrance

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by toofast928

I have the Elite 7 HDI. Large screen and easy to use. Touch screen would be nice.

I have the same unit on my skiff. It seems OK, but it is very slow. Anytime I change screens, it takes several seconds before it responds. Wish it would do the NMEA2000 fuel useage display on the screen, but the HDS started that.

[GB87]

I have been meaning to get back to everyone with an update. Lowrance gave me the incorrect P/N for the transducer. Once I went down to the boat, it was obvious that the one I bought wouldn't fit. I returned to West Marine and they had the correct one in stock. Installed it in the boat and the HDS7 is finally working fine. Boat is in the water and sitting at it's mooring in Jamestown RI.

[jamesbalog]

Originally Posted by GB87

I have been meaning to get back to everyone with an update. Lowrance gave me the incorrect P/N for the transducer. Once I went down to the boat, it was obvious that the one I bought wouldn't fit. I returned to West Marine and they had the correct one in stock. Installed it in the boat and the HDS7 is finally working fine. Boat is in the water and sitting at it's mooring in Jamestown RI.

Glad you got it working.

[GB87]

I really appreciate everyone's help with this. I didn't think of the transducer until you suggested it. When I removed the old one and compared it to the new one it was obviously cracked along the seam. I did have one little problem the second or third time out when the sonar didn't work. I said a few things about Lowrance under my breath and then I realized that I failed to tighten the transducer connector on the back of the unit and it fell out. I had to take it all back.
George

[SkunkBoat]

I epoxy mine inside the hull in the battery compartment. Works great, no screws in transom.

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by SkunkBoat

I epoxy mine inside the hull in the battery compartment. Works great, no screws in transom.

This works fine if you have a down looking sonar only. Anything more than a 20 degree cone, and the epoxy method won't work that well. Side looking sonar will not work at all if you epoxy the transducer inside the hull.

[Destroyer]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

This works fine if you have a down looking sonar only. Anything more than a 20 degree cone, and the epoxy method won't work that well. Side looking sonar will not work at all if you epoxy the transducer inside the hull.

Question? What about ducers that are in a bath of mineral oil inside the boat? I think I recall someone (Spare maybe) used a piece of 4" PVC pipe, epoxied that to the inside of the hull, mounted the ducer inside the pipe, then filled the whole thing with mineral oil and capped it off. Will that method work with side scan sonar or is it still the same as just epoxying it?