Hey everyone. My depth sounder has been acting strange all summer when I'm just doing 5 miles or less an hour anywhere my depth sounder Works beautifully but once I get to cruising speed it starts going crazy giving me wrong readings flashing and sometimes getting stuck on one particular reading. Any advice would be appreciated thank you
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Several questions have to be answered first is the transducer transom mounted? If so, there will too much turbulence around it to get a reading. If it is inside the hull, transducer inside shooting through the hull, if it is too far forward or off to the side, it’s probaby turbulance again. Some sensitivity is lost shooting through the hull and the bond to the hull needs to be bubble free, but, in my experience mounting the transducer in bondo right in front of the engine(s) and at the bottom of the bilge works quite well. The best, most consistent and sensitive solution is a thruhull type transducer. There are types that mount in the thickness of the hull then can clock around to compensate for the shape of the hull. Normal thruhull types will require a wedge to make the transducer perpendicular to the water.P/C Pete
Edmonds Yacht Club (Commodore 1993)
1988 3818 "GLAUBEN”
Hino EH700 175 Onan MDKD Genset
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What kind of depth sounder? Make? Definitely fill out your profile with your boat info will help us to help youLake Hartwell, GA
2012 BR 185 - 3.0 TKS
1999 Chaparral 233 Sunesta Ltd., 5.0 Volvo
1987 SeaRay 300 - Twin 454’s
1993 Yamaha Waverunner III VXR
1993 Yamaha Waverunner III
1995 Yamaha Waverunner III GP
1995 Yamaha Waverunner III VXR PRO
1996 SeaDoo GTX
1999 SeaDoo GTX
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It is a thru Hull transducer straight from the factory it's a 2005 305 Bayliner. I bought the boat the end of 2016 and been having this issue with the transducer ever since but like I said when I go slow it works perfectly fine it's when I'm at cruising speed it starts acting up I've also noticed the transducer is basically on the starboard side of the boat and when I'm cruising and it's acting up when I make a hard right turn it goes back to normal operation for about 5 seconds and then starts acting up again so maybe it is Bubbles under the boat that is causing this 2 act up. I'm surprised it's doing this if it was straight from the factory where I've had the same boat before the 355 and the transducer was in the same exact spot
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Is it a Faria digital? Pic? Reason I ask, is that I had Faria sounder on my boat that I bought in 2015. The boat is a 2012, the depth sounder was not standard equipment, but it was added by the dealer at time of original sale. I had a problem with the gauge, called Faria directly and they sent me a brand new one for free.....Lake Hartwell, GA
2012 BR 185 - 3.0 TKS
1999 Chaparral 233 Sunesta Ltd., 5.0 Volvo
1987 SeaRay 300 - Twin 454’s
1993 Yamaha Waverunner III VXR
1993 Yamaha Waverunner III
1995 Yamaha Waverunner III GP
1995 Yamaha Waverunner III VXR PRO
1996 SeaDoo GTX
1999 SeaDoo GTX
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Is this a shoot through transducer that's glued to the bottom of the inner hull or a through hull transducer that's drilled through the hull bottom and mounted up like a through hull fitting??
if it's a shoot through type Mike is suggesting the glue bond (whatever it is) has let go to some degree and it's now causing your issues.Dave
Edmonds, WA
"THE FIX" '93 2556
Carbureted 383 Vortec-Bravo II
The Rebuild Of My 2556 https://www.baylinerownersclub.org/f...76?view=thread
My Misc. Projects https://www.baylinerownersclub.org/f...56-gctid789773
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Originally posted by bucluv View PostIt's the thru-hull drilled one
The flashing is either the transducer not seeing bottom or Tom or a loss of communication between it and the head unit. A new transducer should fix the problem.
did you verify there is no growth on the transducer?
1997 Maxum 2400 SCR 5.7LX Bravo II
Mike
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Originally posted by bucluv View PostIt's the thru-hull drilled one
Dave
Edmonds, WA
"THE FIX" '93 2556
Carbureted 383 Vortec-Bravo II
The Rebuild Of My 2556 https://www.baylinerownersclub.org/f...76?view=thread
My Misc. Projects https://www.baylinerownersclub.org/f...56-gctid789773
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Definitely no growth on it and yes when I turn to starboard it goes back to normal operation but once heading straight it acts up or when going slow it works perfectly fine so I think it's cavitation but like I said my last boats the transducer was in the same exact spot on the 3055s and they work fine
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