Fishfinder Transducer

[pirky]

Hi guys

How do you all keep your transducers from fouling up......I leave mine for a week and it needs a major "de clag".......annoying.....is it avoidable??

Ta

Dave

[Rob]

 

Put it inside the boat.

[great white]

either get it out of the water, by tilting it up, moving it inside the boat or antifoul it.

 

Mine is inside the boat, shoots through the hull and works fine.

 

So any one would work through a bit of anti-fouling paint.

 

Charlie

[pirky]

Thanks lads

Mine has got the speedo on it too so will not work very well in the boat........the tilt up still leaves it below WL so antifoul is my only option...or red led ??

Dave

 

[great white]

Anti foul it but be carefull not to do the wheel.

 

any sort of build up on them and they do not work very well ,if at all.

 

Charlie

[Sinbad]

Dave,

You need to check the recommendations from the manufacturer. The first one I Antifouled stated that the paint should be water based not solvent, but currently my garmin is antifouled with interspeed which is definately solvent based antifoul - doesnt foul up - I just give it a brush now and then to remove the inevitable surface deposition.

 

all these comments relate to the transducer not any wheel !

 

Paul

Edited September 4, 2009 by Sinbad

[pirky]

Thanks again Charlie and Paul.....I will have to check what Apelco suggest.....or does anybody out there know ???

 

I went out today and all it needed was a stiff brush....not so bad !!

Dave