Installation manual

TransducerInstallation
Observethehorizontalandverticaldistances(CandD)betweenthekeelandthe
transducerblister.Onamediumsizedvessel,thehorizontaldistance(C)shouldbe
approximately1meter.Theverticaldistance(D)mustingeneralbeassmallaspossible.
Thisisimportanttopreventthekeelfromshadowingthetransducerbeaminshallow
waters.
AKeel
BTransducer
blister
CHorizontal
distance
betweenkeel
andblister
DVertical
distance
betweenthe
blistersurface
andthekeel
Transducerinstallationinboxkeel
Vesselswithaboxkeelmayusethisfortransducerinstallation.
Theboxkeelisalreadythedeepestpartofthevessel.Iftheboxkeelistoonarrowto
accommodatethetransducer,itcanbewidened,eithersymmetricallyortoonesideonly.
Inthelastcasetheinstallationcouldalsobedescribedasablistermergedintothekeel.
Usemountingandclampingringswheneverprovided
Circulartransducersmaybeprovidedwithmountingandclampingrings,orwith
drawingstoallowforlocalproductionofthese.Themountingringisweldedtothe
holepreparedforthetransducer,whiletheclampingringtsaroundtheedgeofthe
transducerbody.Boltsthroughtheclampingringintothemountingringwillsecurethe
transducerbetweenthem.Notethatseveraltransducersusedirectionguidestoallow
correctmounting.
Smoothsurfaceisimportant
Mountingscrewsorboltsmustnotbeextrudingfromthetransducerorthearea
immediatelyaroundit.Makesurethatthesurfaceofthetransducerface,theinstallation
hardwareusedtomountit,thehullplatingandtheputtyaroundthetransducerisas
evenandsmoothaspossible.Obstructionsonthesesurfaceswillcreateproblemswith
turbulentow.
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