Nobody has mentioned yet that if you ping through the hull, don't mount it over a balsa core. If you have a cored hull, a through hull is pretty much mandatory. If mounting inside, I'd use epoxy. Through hull, I'd use Sikaflex. Sam Salter C&C 26. Liquorice Ghost Lake Alberta
Yes Bill, I could not remember who but I
guess it was your advice that I intend to follow this year with the epoxy
mountâ¦I have 2 transducers and a quick change over capability because I
only have one readout unit, so I am interested to have one forward of the mast
where I believe the transducer should beâ¦it will become my regular if the
install goes well Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS From: CnC-List
[mailto:cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com] On
Behalf Of Bill Bina I used to
mount them inside the hull in a blob of clear silicone, until I had a couple of
cases where after a year, or two, or three, the face of the transducer would
separate slightly from the silicone and stop working, either intermittently, or
completely. You couldn't tell by looking at it, but I could make it start and
stop by wiggling the cable slightly. I guess the smooth lens didn't bond all
that well, and vibration eventually did it's thing and created an air gap. I
remounted the ones that failed using West System epoxy, and have had no further
trouble after many years. For epoxy, you have to make a dam around the area to
create a pool, but even kids modeling clay will work for that. Some of the ones
I mounted in silicone for other people are working fine after many years, but I
don't do it that way any longer. Maybeâ¦but
I donât know if the signal will go thru lifecaulk or lifesealâ¦I
know for certain it will go thru dow Corning silicone sealant⦠This year
I will mount another transducer in epoxy on the interior of the hull forward of
the mastâ¦I prefer it forward and I donât mind having redundancy for
that transducer Dwight Veinot C&C 35 MKII, Alianna Head of St. Margaret's Bay, NS | ||
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