Wow! Here we go.

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Originally Posted by LowePro

I get great images when Im going at slower speeds where my ducer is located at now. I was just wondering if I can get images at higher speeds as well. 12-15mph. How fast can you go before your screens start washing out? I may just need to get me a stern mate.

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Originally Posted by LowePro

Thanks Rickie......This was part of the artile that I had reseached and was gonna try. What do you think? U think that would be the ticket? Or just stay where im at now?

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Peek over the transom while someone drives the boat and look for water coming out from under the hull that is the same color as the lake ... White water coming from under the hull is aerated ...

Rickie

I actually had washed out screens much earlier with the compact transducer than with the hdsi. It could be that I just happen to set the hdsi transducer correctly this time around. I would say the screen washes out at over 15 mph on everything but 2d. Dont get me wrong 2d is not great above 15mph but I do see the bottom clearly enough to not run aground.

Question. I have to replace my lowrance 6 pin, broke off at the transducer. Can I just splice the wires instead of run in the wires again through the boat?

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Originally Posted by Oldyankee

Question. I have to replace my lowrance 6 pin, broke off at the transducer. Can I just splice the wires instead of run in the wires again through the boat?

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Splicing below the water line should be avoided ...

Any little water intrusion into a splice that is not absolutely perfect can short out the transmitters in your unit ...

Splicing above the water line is up to you ...

Rickie

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Originally Posted by scrat

Here is my brand spanking new Humminbird 899ci HD SI and the XHS 9 HDSI 180 T transducer. I finally got it all rigged up this morning. I hope they put some water back in the lake soon where I can try her out. Here is some pictures. I just hope I don't have to get rid of the other transducer on the opposite side as the side scan may pick it up. I won't know until I get it out on the water. This is the first color sonar that I have ever owned and it looks great to me. I just hope I can learn to use it right, so "warning" I may be asking a lots of questions.
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Scrat, I don't mean to be critical but I noticed one thing, in my mind if you use that anchor much it looks like disaster waiting to happen. I can see that rope getting in the ducer and breaking it off at some point.

Your right cray. I have been thinking about that myself and those transducers are very expensive also. I will probably just take it off as I don't use it because I have found that the anchors are bad to run fish off. I mostly just slow troll anyway and never stop much at all. May just make that my tomorrows project. Thanks again for everyones help. Also thinking about making something like this to help keep thing off the transducer.:scratchhead

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps914d9eda.jpg

I can't believe how much smaller the HB SI transducer is than my Lowrance. I swear the thing is about a foot long. I put it on one of the brackets that you can adjust up and down knowing I would knock it off on some of our stump filled lakes.

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Originally Posted by scrat

Your right cray. I have been thinking about that myself and those transducers are very expensive also. I will probably just take it off as I don't use it because I have found that the anchors are bad to run fish off. I mostly just slow troll anyway and never stop much at all. May just make that my tomorrows project. Thanks again for everyones help. Also thinking about making something like this to help keep thing off the transducer.:scratchhead

http://i979.photobucket.com/albums/a...ps914d9eda.jpg

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Who makes that deflector product ...??

Rickie

Rickie, I don't know I just seen it on Google images while looking at transducer shield and savers and thought I would try to make me one out of schedule 40 PVC 4"or 6" pipe. Theirs looks neat to me and would help protect the transducer from above and from the sides also any protection is better than none.