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"Hi guys....

I just got ba

"Hi guys....

I just got back home from a trip to NY state. (Just discovered Gander Mtn. down there. We deffinately need that store up here. Guy G., I bought some Sea Foam there on your recomendation. $6.99 / pint. Is that good?)

The guy at Bass Pro in Toronto said that when they install a depth alarm with an in hull transducer, they use a bunch of 2 part epoxy and make a little mold out of a plastic pop bottle. They put the transducer in the mold and fill it to the top with the epoxy, covering the transducer completely and gluing it down to the hull. ==== The guy at the Bass Pro in Auburn NY. didn't think that the above method was very good and that I should go with an externally mounted transducer on the transom. (thats what they do) He also mentioned that when the in hull transducer is mounted at the factory, they thin out the hull a little where it will be glued down so it will read better going through thinner fiberglass. (??????). I would prefer to go with the in hull one just to keep the back of the boat cleaner, but can't even see the the floor under my 4.3 I'm not too hip on the idea of drilling holes in the back of my boat, even though I have an externally mounted one on the back of my old ski boat for 20 years now with no gell coat problems... but that is my old boat, not my good boat... Anyone have any ideas about this or have any ideas as to what they have done in the past when putting theirs in? I want to get going on this as soon as it comes out of storage.

Thanks

Wrench"
 
I can only comment on the tran

I can only comment on the transom mount style which I've done to half a dozen boats now and have never had a problem except for having to re-adjust the position slightly to read better. I stayed away from the the thru hulls because I have read horror stories from guys trying to replace them and have caused damage to their boats taking the old one out. Also I've never been that comfortable in thinking I can get it to shoot straight down compensating for the angle of the hull.
 
"get away from Bass pro shops.

"get away from Bass pro shops.... great place to buy a t shirt with a moose on it, but not the right place for technical advice. you can use silicone for trial and error fitting of thru hull trnsducer. When you find a reliable signal location, clean the silicon and use 2 part epoxy to affix the transducer to the hull. Mix the epoxy kind of thin to reduce chance of air bubbles.
Never remove an epoxied transducer, if it fails - cut the wires and epoxy a new one on beside it.
Canadian Tire near me has seafoam now."
 
"Thanks guys...

I'm alw

"Thanks guys...

I'm always looking for more advice on the best way to do something. I may have to go with the transom mount one though because of the tight confines around my motor. I've also heard about the bubble problem in the epoxy and the inability for the reading to come through properly.

Hi Stat -- interesting about the Sea Foam. I just got home from CTC and didn't see any there (although I wasn't looking for any). I was in the automotive chemicals checking stuff out. Maybe it's in with the boat stuff?? Thanks, I'll look there next time I'm in.
Wrench"
 
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