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09-08-2018, 09:54 AM
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City: Jacksonville
Vessel Name: SONAS
Vessel Model: Grand Alaskan 53
Join Date: May 2014
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B&G Depth Sounder Issue
I am having an issue with my B&G depth sounder. I have a Raymarine for redundancy so not critical, more annoying.
It reads fine, matching the other reading, then it starts dropping through the numbers down to zero, and after a few seconds starts coming back up again to the accurate reading. This happens pretty constantly.
Any thoughts on where to troubleshoot, or just better/easier to replace the transducer on the next haul?
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09-08-2018, 10:58 AM
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Senior Member
City: North NJ
Vessel Name: Bassey
Vessel Model: 17' Bass
Join Date: Aug 2016
Posts: 438
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Is the transducer in the water or inside on the hull?
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09-08-2018, 11:16 AM
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City: Vermont
Join Date: Jan 2013
Posts: 9,819
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What's the transducer? I have had a lot of trouble with the Airmar DT800/DST800 "smart" transducer that connects directly to NMEA 2000. And I have read of a lot of other people having issues. The same transducer is sold by all the usual marine electronics suspects, sometimes under different model names, but all the same thing.
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09-08-2018, 11:33 AM
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City: Seattle
Vessel Name: AZZURRA
Vessel Model: Ocean Alexander 54
Join Date: Aug 2017
Posts: 4,137
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Sounds like the transducer is failing intermittently.
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09-09-2018, 01:21 PM
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City: Cape May, NJ
Vessel Name: Irish Lady
Vessel Model: Monk 36
Join Date: Dec 2007
Posts: 4,886
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Not much to do but make sure the connections are clean and tight. I have a Lowrence here in NJ that gives me me trouble at least once a year. Cleaning seems to solve the problem until next year.
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09-09-2018, 06:21 PM
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City: Ft Pierce
Vessel Name: Sold
Vessel Model: Was an Albin/PSN 40
Join Date: Oct 2011
Posts: 27,737
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If it is consistent and very precise in the number changing....
Sounds like something in the depthfinder more so than environmental or transducer.
Losing bottom regularly is common, but a regular and steady countdown then back is new to me.
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09-09-2018, 10:52 PM
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City: Fort Myers, FL... Summers in the Great Lakes
Vessel Name: Slow Hand
Vessel Model: Cherubini Independence 45
Join Date: Dec 2010
Posts: 12,604
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Quote:
Originally Posted by twistedtree
What's the transducer? I have had a lot of trouble with the Airmar DT800/DST800 "smart" transducer that connects directly to NMEA 2000. And I have read of a lot of other people having issues. The same transducer is sold by all the usual marine electronics suspects, sometimes under different model names, but all the same thing.
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I have 2 Airmar transducers. Believe one is a DT800. Depth is fine; temperature is all over the place.
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