transducer head-ache...... - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

dtownfan · 04-03-2010, 02:54 PM

i checked the voltage of the battery, coming out of the battery box, and the power chord where it plugs into the unit. all gave the same readings of 13.2V. i cleaned out the wet well and the bottom of the tranny......both were very clean as i have only had it out 8 times. i wonder if there is something other than water that might help when i replace/swap it. someone posted on here once that some garmin products actually call for mineral oil. hmmmmmmmmmm.......any ideas?

fabulous......how do you reset them? like reset the defaults that the head unit comes with? tried that many times.

after i checked everything i even added a new spacer to the bottom of the rubber cap the tranny is mounted to keep the tranny as close to the hull as possible. it is all but touching now. brought it out to a little fresh water lake to give it a try and got the same F**K up readings.

hummingbird service center is closed till monday. i pulled everything out and prolly gonna ship it back for a new one.

here is my question to all wet mount users out there. Can the constant pinging of the sonar through the water in the wet well harm the the tranny? i only have a small gap there and wonder as the thing would track a 1/4 jig down to 18ish feet the first time a ran the unit. would have checked deeper but that was all the depth of the lake.

frustrated i am! i hope it was a sh**y unit and they treat the swap well.

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04-03-2010, 02:54 PM	#5
dtownfan Member Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 50	i checked the voltage of the battery, coming out of the battery box, and the power chord where it plugs into the unit. all gave the same readings of 13.2V. i cleaned out the wet well and the bottom of the tranny......both were very clean as i have only had it out 8 times. i wonder if there is something other than water that might help when i replace/swap it. someone posted on here once that some garmin products actually call for mineral oil. hmmmmmmmmmm.......any ideas? fabulous......how do you reset them? like reset the defaults that the head unit comes with? tried that many times. after i checked everything i even added a new spacer to the bottom of the rubber cap the tranny is mounted to keep the tranny as close to the hull as possible. it is all but touching now. brought it out to a little fresh water lake to give it a try and got the same FK up readings. hummingbird service center is closed till monday. i pulled everything out and prolly gonna ship it back for a new one. here is my question to all wet mount users out there. Can the constant pinging of the sonar through the water in the wet well harm the the tranny? i only have a small gap there and wonder as the thing would track a 1/4 jig down to 18ish feet the first time a ran the unit. would have checked deeper but that was all the depth of the lake. frustrated i am! i hope it was a shy unit and they treat the swap well.