Installation manual

Transducerhandlingandmaintenance
TRANSDUCERHANDLINGAND
MAINTENANCE
YouMUSTobservethefollowingrulesforhandling,
maintenanceandpainting.
Rulesfortransducerhandling
Note
Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.
Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlight.
Donotexposethetransducertoexcessiveheat.
Transportprotection
Sometransducersaredeliveredwithacoverplateontheface
forprotectionduringtransport.Letthisplatestayonaslongas
possible,butdonotforgettoremoveitbeforethevesselgoes
intothesea.
Paintingthetransducerface
Ananti-foulingpaintmaybeappliedtothetransducerface.
Becausesomepainttypesmaybeaggressivetothepolyurethane
inthetransducerface,pleaseconsultSimrad’slistofapproved
paints.SeeApprovedanti-foulingpaintsonpage31.
Cleaningthetransducerface
Wheneveropportunityarise,forexamplewhenthevesselisdry
docked,thetransducerfacemaybecleanedforshellsandother
marinefouling.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 . Useapieceofsoftwoodoraverynegradeemerypaper.
Specialrulesforacousticwindows
Arctictankshaveacousticwindowsmadeofpolycarbonate.
T
h e s e m u s t n e i t h e r b e p a i n t e d n o r c l e a n e d w i t h c h e m i c a l s .
Acousticwindowsmustnotbeexposedtodirectsunlight.
Approvedanti-foulingpaints
ThisisSimrad’slistofapprovedantifoulingpaintson
polyurethanetransducerhousing.
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