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EQ-55 Operators Manual 950-70017001/Iss 1.
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Installation Instructions for the EQ-55 Page 4.1
Kongsberg Simrad Mesotech Ltd.
Port Coquitlam, BC - Canada
PART 4
INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
FOR THE EQ-55
4. INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR THE EQ 55. ............................. 4.3
4.1 BASIC INFORMATION..............................................................................4.3
4.1.1 Power Supply Requirements for Installation.......................................4.3
4.1.2 Cable and Transducer Information......................................................4.3
4.2 TRANSDUCERS AND SPEED/TEMPERATURE SENSORS...................4.4
4.2.1 EQ 55 High Performance 200 kHz Transducer ...................................4.5
4.2.2 EQ 55 Standard Performance Transducers .........................................4.6
4.2.3 EQ 55 Standard Performance Transducers, 50 kHz and 50/200 kHz.4.7
4.2.4 EQ 55 Standard Performance Transducers, 200 kHz..........................4.8
4.2.5 EQ 55 High Performance Transducers, 50 and 38 kHz.......................4.9
4.2.6 Speed/Temperature Sensor.................................................................4.10
4.3 DETERMINING THE POSITION FOR THE TRANSDUCER................4.11
4.3.1 General................................................................................................4.11
4.3.2 Go Deep ...............................................................................................4.11
4.3.3 The Boundary Water Layer................................................................4.11
4.3.4 Propeller Noise....................................................................................4.12
4.3.5 Vessel Heave .......................................................................................4.13
4.3.6 Noise From Protruding Objects on the Hull ......................................4.13
4.3.7 Summing up on Transducer Location ................................................4.13
4.3.8 Thru-hull Installation.........................................................................4.14
4.3.9 EQ 55 Standard Transducer Mounted to Wood or Fiberglass Hull ..4.15
4.3.10 EQ 55 Standard Transducer Mounted to Wood or Fiberglass Hull.4.17
4.3.11 Adapter plate for EQ 55 Standard Transducer Mounted to a Steel
Hull...............................................................................................................4.18
4.3.12 EQ 55 Standard Transducer Mounted to a Steel Hull. ...................4.19
4.3.13 EQ 55 Standard Transducer Mounted to a Steel Hull. ...................4.20
4.3.14 Steel Stuffing Tube for EQ 55 Standard Transducer. .....................4.21
4.4 DISPLAY UNIT INSTALLATION............................................................4.22
4.4.1 EQ 55 Dimensions...............................................................................4.23
4.4.2 EQ 55 Mounting Bracket Hole Pattern (option) ................................4.24