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Anyone know why a depth finder will work correctly sometimes and then just start blinking and quite reading all at once? Seems to act up when I need it the most.
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well, most likely one of two things..but both are related.....it is your transducer...it is either going on the fritz..or it is coming loose and every time you get some water in your bilge it is making contact and reading the depth......what happens is sometimes those transducers get a crack in the epoxy that holds them in..when that happens they have an air gap and a transducer will not read through air, but when you get a little water built up in your bilge it fills the crack and it will go ahead and read depth...or it is just a bad transducer and you need to replace it...... it will be located in your bilge under or near your engine oil pan.......one wire about 5mm will be going to it.
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well, most likely one of two things..but both are related.....it is your transducer...it is either going on the fritz..or it is coming loose and every time you get some water in your bilge it is making contact and reading the depth......what happens is sometimes those transducers get a crack in the epoxy that holds them in..when that happens they have an air gap and a transducer will not read through air, but when you get a little water built up in your bilge it fills the crack and it will go ahead and read depth...or it is just a bad transducer and you need to replace it...... it will be located in your bilge under or near your engine oil pan.......one wire about 5mm will be going to it.
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so does all the epoxy left behind have to be cleaned up good before putting in the new puck? If so whats the best method to get it cleaned up?