Installation manual

SimradES38-12

Transducerhandlingand

maintenance

YouMUSTobservethefollowingrulesforhandling,maintenanceandpainting.

Topics

•Rulesfortransducerhandlingonpage26

•Rulesfortransducermaintenanceonpage27

•Approvedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage28

•Usingself-lockingtapsonpage28

Rulesfortransducerhandling

Note

Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.

Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlight.

Donotexposethetransducertoexcessiveheat.

Transportprotection

Sometransducersaredeliveredwithacoverplateonthefaceforprotectionduring

transport.Letthisplatestayonaslongaspossible,butdonotforgettoremoveitbefore

thevesselgoesintothesea.

Paintingthetransducerface

Ananti-foulingpaintmaybeappliedtothetransducerface.Becausesomepainttypes

maybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducerface,pleaseconsultSimrad’slist

ofapprovedpaints.SeeApprovedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage28.

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