Water Temp
Submitted by IncognitOh on Thu, 2018-01-25 13:27
Seems there is significant expertise on this Lowrance forum!
Apologies if my queries have been raised (and answered in the past)
I have a HDS 10 Gen1 in the flybridge and use a standard ( bought with the unit way back in the dreamtime) shoot thru in hull transducer.
The unit and transducer are great!
My question is, if I also want to read water temp, do I need to fit a transome mount transducer or are there options for thru hull transducers?
Thanks in advance guys
ranmar850
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Yes, they are easily available
I find the CH Smith website a very good resource for info and an idea on prices. They can be found here www.chsmith.com.au/Electronics/Fishing-and-Marine-Electronics/Transducers.html
Marineboy
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Transducers
in hull and through hull transducers are two different beasts, you can get temp on through hull but not on in hull !
My spots are so secret even the fish don't know about them !
ranmar850
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Date Joined: 12/08/12
Ah, good pickup
I missed the shoot through bit. Are you actually using a wetbox transducer, or a thru-hull ( ie, where the transducer face is actually outside the hull) ?
IncognitOh
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Date Joined: 29/04/17
Shoot thru
Thanks fellas,
Its a shoot thru (inside) transducer. Nothing is on the outside. I guess this is what you term a " wet box"
In fact, whenI bought the old girl, I went to great pains to remove every thru hull fixture there was (speed sensor wheels etc)
Stevo81
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Date Joined: 16/04/12
If you have an existing NMEA
If you have an existing NMEA 2000 network onboard you could add a N2K temp sensor
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