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Ok guys, I just ordered a new boat with a Motor Guide xi3 to be installed. My plan was to install my Garmin Striker transducer to the trolling motor. I just watched a YouTube video review on this tm. He recommended NOT to run the Garmin wires down the tm shaft because it has a good chance of cutting the wire when deploying the tm. :dono
Anybody have experience?
I had an xi5 that I had a transducer mounted on, I put the cable inside a coiled piece of air hose.
Very similar to this video.
How to Cheaply Protect Any Trolling Motor Transducer Wire From Being Damaged! (youtube.com)
I also tried to be cautious when stowing the motor.
I've since changed over to a Garmin force, that I have livescope mounted on the trolling motor shaft. I came close to cutting the cable on the transducer. That would be a very costly mistake. Take your time deploying and stowing the motor.
I have a Garmin Striker Vivid 5sv with at GT20 transducer and I crushed my transducer cable last year. It didn't seem to cause any damage until a few weeks ago when I turned my scope on and got a disconnected transducer message. I was able to cut out the bad section and use solder seal wire connectors to repair the cable. I used a couple of layers of heat shrink to seal it all up. Need to make sure to get the shielding back in place. All working fine now. I'm going to put some wire loom tubing around the section of cable next to my trolling motor to keep it out of the mount. The GT20 cable has stranded copper wire conductors, so pretty easy to work with. I think they use that really fine copper strand in some that would be more challenging.