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Old 09-17-2012, 08:02 PM   #10
BruceK
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Garmin in Australia advised me I could run 2 depth sounders, one for each helm, off one transducer to avoid the hull resembling swiss cheese, so relying on that advice I bought their products. You definitely can`t. I ended up writing, with near instant effect, to Garmin USA to get it sorted out in Australia where Garmin had even resorted to denying giving me the advice.
Eventually I fitted the transom mount transducer included with the unit, inside the bilge. I put a large volume of silicone in a piece of plastic drainpipe cut at the bottom to the angle of the bilge to get it horizontal at the top, put the transducer into the gloop, using a small level to get the foot level. It works ok but takes a while to get a "grip" on the bottom on start up. BruceK
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