Installation manual

SimradSH90
SIMRADSH90
StudythischaptertofamiliarizeyourselfwiththeSimradSH90.
Topics
•Importantmattersonpage8
•Basicinformationonpage9
Importantmatters
Aswithalladvancedinstruments,thereareafewimportant
mattersabouttheSH90thatyoumustremember.
Beforeyouswitchonthesonar
Beforeyoupowerupthesonar,makesurethatyouhavesufcient
waterdepthtolowerthetransducer!
Whenthesonarisnotinuse
Toprotectthesonarwhenitisnotinuse,westronglyadviceyou
tohoistthetransducer,eventhoughyoumaynotswitchoffthe
power.Innarroworshallowwatersthisisveryimportant,since
youmay-inworstcase-runthetransducerintothebottom.
Thiswilldamagethetransducerandthetransducershaft,and
extensiverepairisrequired.
Whenyoudockthevessel
Itisveryimportantthatthesonarsystemremainss
w i t c h e d o f f
whenthevesselisindrydock.Ifthetransducerissubjected
totransmitpowerwhenitisinopenair,itwillbedamaged.
Asasafeguardingmeasure,youcanremovethepowerfuses
onthesonarsystembeforethevesselisdocked.Asanextra
safeguardingmeasure,thesonarisbydefaultpoweredupwith
thetransmitpowerswitchedoff.
Manualoperationofthehullunit
Intheeventofimproperoperation,thepowerful3kWelectric
motormaycauseseriousdamagetotheequipmentand/orinjury
topersonnel.
Therefore,b
e f o r e youstarttheoperation,readcarefullythrough
therelevantprocedure(s).Y ouwillthenfamiliarizeyourself
withthemethod.
TherelevantproceduresarelocatedintheSH90Reference
Manual.
Ifsomethingbreaksdown
Ifyouthinkthatsomethinghasbeendamagedonthesonar,
contactyourlocaldealerforadvice.
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