"ian whitcombe" wrote in message
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"Rich Pierro" wrote in message
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I go about 15" or 18" to one side of center on my boat, approximately.
As
long as it's in a place that remains submerged all the time and the seem
is
level with the bottom of the hull. Yes that does mean the belly of the
unit
is below the hull, I promise you won't feel it in the performance of the
boat.

Rich P


"ian whitcombe" wrote in message
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"go-bassn" wrote in message
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Ian, sounds to me like you mounted the transducer too high. See
Rich's
instructions...

WW

"ian whitcombe" wrote in message
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Dear all,

I've just installed a Lowrance X-85 onto my boat and on testing it
found that initially it showed the depth at 0.0 and flashed this
until
some time into the journey where it read correctly for 10 seconds
or
more and then flashed the last reading for some time, then worked
again, then flashed, etc. This went on all day.

I mounted the transducer just below the water line on the transom
pointing straight astern. The cable was routed well away from any
other cabling at all as it ran down the other side of the boat to
the
main electrics.

Does anyone have any idea where I'm going wrong ?

many thanks in advance.

Cheers

Cheeseboy.

Thanks to everyone who replied. I will try mounting it nearer the
bottom of the hull. Whereabouts on the transom should I mount it I
wonder ? I have a (sort of) V shaped hull and I was concerned about
mounting it too near the outboard in case it interrupted the signal
with the cavitation effect of the prop.

Many thanks again

Cheers

Ian.


Thanks Rich. Just one more stupid :-) question. When you say the belly
of the transducer pointing downwards what exactly do you mean ?

I've shown my (extremely) crude drawing skills at the following link.
Would you mind telling me which is the correct setting for the
transducer ?

http://www.gothamvillage.co.uk/transducer.gif

Many thanks

Ian.

ian,

out of respect, read the manual, especially pages 9-13. the online version
is at http://www.lowrance.com/Manuals/Files/X7585_91201.pdf if you don't
have one available. Lowrance describes the installation in detail with
fairly simple to understand instructions and photos. Your installation
should look like the photos on page 12

regards

andrew