Re: Epoxy for transducer mounting

Eric Pederson (eric@winternet.com)
Mon, 30 Nov 1998 09:44:05 -0600 (CST)


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West Wight Potter Website at URL
http://www.lesbois.com/wwpotter/
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It has been rumored that J.J. Falkanger said:
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> I put a Humminbird fish finder in my boat back in August, and love it.
> Today I fired it up, and noticed it was reading as if I was grounded.
> When I looked in the hull to where I had slow-cure epoxied (from Ace
> Hardware) the transducer, it sure enough had come loose (the epoxy seems
> to not have bonded to the bottom of the transducer).
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> I'm looking for some help on a couple things. I know several folks have
> epoxied the transducer inside the boat, what type of epoxy did you use?
> Is it still holding?

I used Marine-Tex, a two-part epoxy. It was holding well when I put the
boat in winter storage; we'll see how it handled the winter in April.

-- 
Eric L. Pederson
P-19 #970, Necessity
Bloomington, MN