Yam
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Post by Yam on Apr 4, 2017 20:44:20 GMT -5
I epoxied a piece of PVC to the steering housing so that the transducer cable goes up to the TM head. Your solution of going under the mount is more better. Less opportunity for it to tangle and separates it from the power cable so you're less likely to pick up noise!  Where did you find that white air hose? I looked everywhere for that. Is that 3/8"? |
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Post by Brian on Apr 5, 2017 6:44:41 GMT -5
Where did you find that white air hose? I looked everywhere for that. Is that 3/8"? It was laying around my shop, no idea where it originally came from. pretty sure it's 3/8" |
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Post by gofish2 on Apr 5, 2017 12:22:30 GMT -5
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Post by gofish2 on Apr 5, 2017 12:51:51 GMT -5
You can also get white heat shrink tubing in 4:1 ratio. Not sure how big you plug is. 3/4" or so. Only thing with the higher ratio is when you shrink it down it may take some of the flex out of the air/water hose.
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Post by primetime on Jan 4, 2018 12:56:54 GMT -5
I recently got the Ulterra and love it. However, the shaft has a belt running up it. Thus, I can't dremel out a groove for my transducer wire. I wanted to do something that was as neat as possible but kept the wire safe from pinching. After many hours of trial and error, here is a quick video of my solution. drive.google.com/file/d/0B2AaSnS9KKyCOGJkWUhrbTV1S2M/view?usp=drivesdkI used 3/8" recoil air hose, a bunch of vinyl tape and a flexible piece of tube to force the coils into place when stowing and to keep them compressed and out of the way when deploying. I have tested this version at all extremes and I'm finally convinced my solution will work. I really like not having to route the wires to the head and back down the coiled wire on the TM. Have you had any problems since the installation? How is it running? Would you do anything different? |
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Yam
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Post by Yam on Jan 5, 2018 13:39:21 GMT -5
I recently got the Ulterra and love it. However, the shaft has a belt running up it. Thus, I can't dremel out a groove for my transducer wire. I wanted to do something that was as neat as possible but kept the wire safe from pinching. After many hours of trial and error, here is a quick video of my solution. drive.google.com/file/d/0B2AaSnS9KKyCOGJkWUhrbTV1S2M/view?usp=drivesdkI used 3/8" recoil air hose, a bunch of vinyl tape and a flexible piece of tube to force the coils into place when stowing and to keep them compressed and out of the way when deploying. I have tested this version at all extremes and I'm finally convinced my solution will work. I really like not having to route the wires to the head and back down the coiled wire on the TM. Have you had any problems since the installation? How is it running? Would you do anything different? My only problem was using the tape. It took away the spring back aspect especially in the cold. Thus, I bought the white hose as suggested by gofish above in this thread and installed it with no tape. Thanks gofish! It now works flawlessly. I still need a piece of stiff tube at the base to force the coil over the collar. I'll try to take a video of it once I can walk outside without freezing. |
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Yam
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Post by Yam on Jan 5, 2018 14:52:25 GMT -5
Okay so I braved the cold and took a video for you PrimeTime! You might also notice my relatively new puck protector I made out of PVC pipe. Being that I spend a fair amount of time dragging my boat through the mud, this thing was a great addition! I was constantly breaking the supports of my puck transducers. NOT NO MORE!  VIDEO LINK |
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Post by gofish2 on Jan 5, 2018 15:29:25 GMT -5
Yam, which transducer are you running? No side scan?
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Post by mwardncsu on Jan 5, 2018 15:47:01 GMT -5
No yamacommentary? Disappointed  I’m going to have to break down and do this finally. Not today - my ear fell off from going out to the boat take some measurements of the bait tank |
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Yam
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Post by Yam on Jan 5, 2018 20:08:06 GMT -5
Yam, which transducer are you running? No side scan? It's just the basic 83/200. I use side scan on the back to tell me which side to aim the boat and toss my net when my front screen lights up. Going in reverse gives me 20 feet to react to what I am seeing. I also use the front to tell me when trees are coming so I can adjust my down lines before getting snagged. I really never felt the need for side scan up front. |
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Post by primetime on Jan 5, 2018 23:09:27 GMT -5
Okay so I braved the cold and took a video for you PrimeTime! You might also notice my relatively new puck protector I made out of PVC pipe. Being that I spend a fair amount of time dragging my boat through the mud, this thing was a great addition! I was constantly breaking the supports of my puck transducers. NOT NO MORE! VIDEO LINKThanks for the video! Hope your fingers did not turn blue. This will be my next project. It looks like a great design. Glad to hear its been working well. I just need to reproduce what you have. It looks simple but the straight and flexible tube confuses me on how it works. Thanks for sharing! |
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Yam
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Post by Yam on Jan 6, 2018 12:49:35 GMT -5
Okay so I braved the cold and took a video for you PrimeTime! You might also notice my relatively new puck protector I made out of PVC pipe. Being that I spend a fair amount of time dragging my boat through the mud, this thing was a great addition! I was constantly breaking the supports of my puck transducers. NOT NO MORE! VIDEO LINKThanks for the video! Hope your fingers did not turn blue. This will be my next project. It looks like a great design. Glad to hear its been working well. I just need to reproduce what you have. It looks simple but the straight and flexible tube confuses me on how it works. Thanks for sharing! Just try doing it without the tube. What I found was that the coils would not always go over the collar when stowing and would cause a jam. Additionally, when deploying, the coils would get jammed because nothing was keeping them on the collar. Bottom line, the tube forces the coils to be nicely packed around the collar until the coils need to begin stretching. It needs to be somewhat flexible so that it can bend up for stow and down for deploy. |
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