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Old 05-17-2015, 12:15 PM   #1
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Took my yak out today for the first time using my fish finder. I couldn't get the fish finder to work th whole morning. I Velcro'd my transducer in. The Velcro is the only thing I can think of.

What do you guys think? Is it the Velcro?
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Old 05-17-2015, 12:17 PM   #2
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I think you just mounted it sideways.
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Old 05-17-2015, 12:17 PM   #3
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Velcro doesn't work bro. Goop.
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Old 05-17-2015, 12:59 PM   #4
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Velcro doesn't work bro. Goop.

Did you use clear velcro?
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Old 05-17-2015, 01:47 PM   #5
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You can't have any air below the xd. Try duct seal -- it's 2.98 at Home Depot. It's like modeling clay, but a little sticky and waterproof. Just lay some down inside your kayak and press the xd firmly into it. Add some more duct seal around the xd to hold it in place and your ready to go. Takes about two minutes and is a lot easier and faster than Goop with no worries about bubbles.
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You can't have any air below the xd. Try duct seal -- it's 2.98 at Home Depot. It's like modeling clay, but a little sticky and waterproof. Just lay some down inside your kayak and press the xd firmly into it. Add some more duct seal around the xd to hold it in place and your ready to go. Takes about two minutes and is a lot easier and faster than Goop with no worries about bubbles.
yep duct seal or water, something to transmit the sound waves between the hull and transducer. make sure there is no air gaps or bubbles.
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Old 05-17-2015, 05:01 PM   #7
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You can do wet mount

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yep duct seal or water, something to transmit the sound waves between the hull and transducer. make sure there is no air gaps or bubbles.
Making a well out of duct seal . But it's more of a pain.
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Old 05-17-2015, 05:37 PM   #8
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Thanks guys I appreciate it
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Old 05-18-2015, 08:32 AM   #9
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you can make a small well out of the duct seal, or even just some sort of plastic, but from the bottom of the transducer you need to have something that will transmit the sonar waves, marine grease is the best for this, Humminbird makes an through hull bracket that I have used for my transducer and it works great! Good Luck
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Old 05-18-2015, 08:35 AM   #10
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Took my yak out today for the first time using my fish finder. I couldn't get the fish finder to work th whole morning. I Velcro'd my transducer in. The Velcro is the only thing I can think of.

What do you guys think? Is it the Velcro?
Velcro no good, you need to have the ducer in the water, or if shooting through the hull must have some goop or electrical putty. Check out the video below. It's all you need to install a thru Hull fish finder. The putty keeps the ducer in place, and the readers are excellent. The only other better install is having it in the water.



Really flatten it out so that there is about a 1/4 of an inch of putty to the sides, front, and back of the transducer. In the video below below you will see a sponge ring and some water in the sponge, you don't need that. Just smoosh out the putty as flat as you can, and you want it about 1/8 to 1/4 inch thick. This will hold your transducer in place, and you'll get excellent readings.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3u1d3_UeD3k
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