Installation manual
Transducerhandlingandmaintenance
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.
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 . Acousticwindowsmustnotbeexposedtodirect
sunlight.
Rulesfortransducermaintenance
Onceinstalled,thetransducerismaintenancefree.However,whenthevesselisdocked,
itishighlyrecommendedtocleanthetransducerfacetoremovemarinegrowth.
1Performathoroughvisualcheckofthetransducer.
2Ifnecessary,cleanthetransducer
•Tocleanthetransducer,usenormalsyntheticsoapandwater.
•Toremovemarinegrowth,usene-gradesandpaperoremerypaper.
Note
D o n o t usestrongsolvents.
D
o n o t attempttoscrapeofmarinegrowthwithsheetsofmetal,screwdriversor
othermetallictools.
D
o n o t usehighpressurewatertocleanthetransducer .
3Ifnecessary,applyanewlayerofanti-foulingpainttothetransducerface.
Becausesomepainttypesmaybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducer
face,pleaseconsultSimrad’slistofapprovedpaints.
→Approvedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage28
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