- Scott
Charleston
--- Rye Gewalt <ryeg@vais.net> wrote:
> Scott:
>
> A bunch of us here on the list have epoxied the
> transducer inside of the
> hulls of our potters. I have one mounted inside of
> my '19 and used
> regular clear epoxy to glue it solidly to the inside
> of the hull. The
> fiberglass has to be solid with no plywood core or
> air space between
> the fiberglass and the water -- i.e. don't epoxy it
> to the liner. Use
> plenty of clear hardware store grade epoxy and make
> sure that there are
> no air bubbles inside of the transducer to hull
> bond. Coat both the
> transducer and the hull with plenty of fluid epoxy
> (don't use the paste
> like stuff) and twist the unit around in a puddle of
> epoxy to drive any
> bubbles out. Somewhere in the manual they even
> mention mounting the
> unit inside the hull like this.
>
> Obviously, the transducer should be pointing pretty
> much straight down
> for accurate measurements -- I think that there is
> something in the
> manual about that too. I have mine under the
> porta-potty and there is
> the natural sideways slope of the hull, but it
> doesn't seem to make much
> difference and, I think, is within the Humminbird
> spec for slope. it
> probably messes up the depth accuracy, but then all
> we want to know is
> when the bottom is close to the boat!
>
> Some people have even glued little boxes to the
> inside bottom of their
> hull, filled 'em with water or mineral oil, and
> placed the transducer
> into the oil, but it has been pretty much agreed
> that the epoxy method
> is quicker and easier.
>
> Humminbird has a comment on their web site about
> "shooting thru
> fiberglass"
>
> From: http://www.humminbird.com/services/forum/
>
> Will the standard transducer shoot through
> fiberglass? Through aluminum?
> - 3/19/98
>
> Humminbird: It will shoot through fiberglass as long
> as it is a single
> hull less than one inch thick. It will not shoot
> through aluminum
> because the material is too dense; with an
> aluminum hull, simply
> mount the transducer on the bottom of the hull or
> trolling motor.
>
> You can buy transducer "pucks" designed for inside
> mounting on their web
> site for about fifteen bucks.
>
> In a nutshell: Yes, use lots of epoxy, make sure
> the fiberglass is not
> cored, point the unit pretty much straight down,
> read the manual
>
> Regards
> Rye Gewalt
>
> PS: As somebody has mentioned, the fishfinder
> capability makes the unit
> very entertaining as you occasionally see lot's of
> fish just calling
> your name.
>
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