Re: Wide 128 Sonar Sensor Placement
Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Wed, 2 Sep 1998 10:56:26 -0500 (CDT)
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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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It has been rumored that Tom Bodine said:
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> Thanks to your responses to my last question, I've bought
> a Hummingbird Wide 128 depth sounder.
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> Now I'm wondering about sensor placement. Has anyone placed
> the sensor inside the hull? Where? What kind of epoxy did you use?
I placed mine in the deadspace under the porta-potti. You can reach it from
the starboard hatch over the battery. I used Marine-Tex epoxy.
One thing to be aware of is that the depth alarm is off when you turn the
unit on; you must enable the depth alarm every time. I found that one out
the hard way.
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Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN