I have been thinking ,since I put a screw through my transducer cable going to my Elite 7 HDI at installation, about replacing with a new one. We spliced the cable and it seemed to work fine. Last Wednesday it worked while I was fishing. Went again Thursday and it didn't work???? Didn't know if it was working to max with spliced cable (still don't). I decided to buy a new one rather than re-splice the old one I am making a temperory install and will report back if I can determine any difference. .... fishing is really fun and EXPENSIVE... crappie1133