User manual
SimradES70
Cleaningthetransducerface
Wheneveropportunityarise,forexamplewhenthevesselisdrydocked,thetransducer
facemaybecleanedforshellsandothermarinefouling.
Becarefulnottomakecutsinthetransducerface.
Useapieceofsoftwoodoraverynegradeemerypaper.
WARNING
Donot usehighpressurewaterorsandblasting.
Specialrulesforacousticwindows
Arctictankshaveacousticwindowsmadeofpolycarbonate.
Thesemustneitherbepaintednorcleanedwithchemicals.
Acousticwindowsmustnotbeexposedtodirectsunlight.
Paintingthetransducerface
Ananti-foulingpaintmaybeappliedtothetransducerface.Becausesomepainttypes
maybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducerface,consultSimrad'slistof
approvedpaints.
Relatedtopics
•Approvedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage111
Rulesfortransducermaintenance
Onceinstalled,thetransducerismaintenancefree.However,whenthevesselisdocked,
itishighlyrecommendedtocleanthetransducerfacetoremovemarinegrowth.
1Performathoroughvisualcheckofthetransducer.
2Ifnecessary,cleanthetransducer
aTocleanthetransducer,usenormalsyntheticsoapandwater.
bToremovemarinegrowth,usene-gradesandpaperoremerypaper.
Important
Observetherulesfortransducerhandling!
3Ifnecessary,applyanewlayerofanti-foulingpainttothetransducerface.
Becausesomepainttypesmaybeaggressivetothepolyurethaneinthetransducer
face,pleaseconsultSimrad'slistofapprovedpaints.
Relatedtopics
•Rulesfortransducerhandlingonpage109
•Approvedanti-foulingpaintsfortransducersonpage111
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