Installation manual
TransducerInstallation
Steelconduitsqualitiesandshielding
Thesteelconduitmustbeunbrokenandwatertightfromthetransducertoabovethe
waterline.Fromthere,thecablecanbepulledfurther,orajunctionboxcanbeinstalled
tofacilitatefurtherconnections.Notethatthesteelconduitmustactasacontinuous
electricalscreenalltheway.
Steelconduitdimensions:
•minimum35mminnerdiameter
•minimum6mmwallthickness(4.5mmifgalvanised)
Morethatonetransducercable?
Iftwoormoretransducersareinstalledclosetoeachotheritispossibletopulltheir
cablesinthesamesteelconduit,providedtheconduitdiameterisincreasedaccordingly.
However,foreasyreplacementitisrecommendedthateachtransducerhasitsown
steelconduit.
Transducerhandlingandmaintenance
YouMUSTobservethefollowingrulesforhandling,maintenanceandpainting.
Rulesfortransducerhandling
Note
Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.
Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlight.
Donotexposethetransducertoexcessiveheat.
Transportprotection
Sometransducersaredeliveredwithacoverplateonthefaceforprotectionduring
transport.Letthisplatestayonaslongaspossible,butdonotforgettoremoveitbefore
thevesselgoesintothesea.
Paintingthetransducerface
Ananti-foulingpaintmaybeappliedtothetransducerface.Becausesomepainttypes
maybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducerface,pleaseconsultSimrad’slist
ofapprovedpaints.SeeApprovedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage144.
Cleaningthetransducerface
Wheneveropportunityarise,forexamplewhenthevesselisdrydocked,thetransducer
facemaybecleanedforshellsandothermarinefouling.B
e c a r e f u l n o t t o m a k e c u t s i n
t h e t r a n s d u c e r f a c e . Useapieceofsoftwoodoraverynegradeemerypaper.
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