started my progect

[tav]

took out my 550 today and boy was that ducer epoxyed pretty good . first I used a dermal to grind away the epoxy ....took awhile and ended up smacking the ducer loose. then undid the connection from the head base and ended up cutting the ducer wire so I could fish it thru all those zip ties. tomorrow i'll prep the location for the ducer and install the 596.....i'll try the wire feed it thru the conduet if I can if not i'll just tie it to the conduet and under the gunnel to the head bracket.

[rnvinc]

Be sure to test it....

It would be a major pain to epoxy it in and then find out it won't work in the spot epoxied...

Rickie

[tav]

no epoxy yet .....gonna try some putty first and go out today hopefully and to a test run.

[rnvinc]

I understand kayaker's use putty for installation but I just don't see how one can get enough putty under and around the xducer without bubbles being in the putty...

I would still think water would be a much better medium for testing...



Rickie

[Humminbird_Greg]

I could see using the putty to make a dammed off area to help keep the water in but I would not expect to get good results if the putty is between the transducer and the hull.

[tav]

i'm trying to put the putty on the side of the ducer then try and stick it to the hull for a trial run. i don't have much room in the bilage area so i have to keep it in the same spot as the last ducer .....it gave me a good sisnal pic there.