Permanent Wet Transducer Installation - Kayak Fishing Adventures on Big Water’s Edge

crabkracker · 01-02-2010, 09:53 PM

Great idea! My wet well install has worked perfectly for over a year, but this is much better! No more filling it with water or forgetting to... Thanks for sharing!

cappo · 01-04-2010, 04:12 PM

Thats a neat setup. I was thinking of changin to a wet install. This will help alot.
Thanks.

bentrod1 · 01-04-2010, 04:27 PM

I just read some guy used plumbers putty and stuck it inside the hull without a reservoir...

Does it have to be wet? Is there a sensor further up on the transducer that has to detect water? If you seal the transducer (I know you didn't Bob) with putty, glue etc. to the hull then water wouldn't touch the bottom of the transducer anyway...

dsafety · 01-04-2010, 05:27 PM

Plumbers putty would be too weak of a sealant. Goop is much better. It will withstand anything you throw at it.

With my setup, the transducer is suspended in water above the hull. You have to have some solid or liquid connection between the transducer and the ocean. If there is an air gap, the thing will not work.

Bob

peguinpower · 01-05-2010, 06:24 AM

Brilliant! Great job!

Ive heard that Surgilube makes for a great medium and has anti-bacterial stuff that prevents algae and mold build up. Its the same stuff they use on ultrasounds. At 2 bucks for 4oz at your local pharmacy, seems like a good deal.

If you drill in an injection port, later sealed with a screw, you can fill up that reservoir real good.

/bing

WahooUSMA · 01-07-2010, 07:38 AM

Bob,

Great idea, and I am going to re-install my transducer with your method this weekend..Quick question (now that I have read the whole thread). How much space between the hull and the transducer do require? That will determine I guess, the length of PVC needed??? Also, why not mount this at the rear of the yak as they do in boats. The Revo has an access hatch that would make the install easy...I think?

Roger

dsafety · 01-07-2010, 09:40 AM

I am not sure if mounting the FF in the stern will effect the performance in a significant way but if you have a Revo, there may be a good reason to mount there. The space in rear hatch on the Revo is not easily accessible while on the water and therefore the real estate is less valuable, at least to me. Having the transducer mounted there would save some storage space up front.

I store my FF battery in the otherwise mostly useless tray that came with my Revo. The stern is usually dryer than the bow and therefore probably a good place for electrical stuff to live.

Give it a try.

Bob

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shortstack · 01-07-2010, 10:21 AM

That's some sick shit!!

01-04-2010, 04:27 PM	#3
bentrod1 Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: Upland Posts: 60	Wet or not to wet? I just read some guy used plumbers putty and stuck it inside the hull without a reservoir... Does it have to be wet? Is there a sensor further up on the transducer that has to detect water? If you seal the transducer (I know you didn't Bob) with putty, glue etc. to the hull then water wouldn't touch the bottom of the transducer anyway...

01-04-2010, 05:27 PM	#4
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,122	Plumbers putty would be too weak of a sealant. Goop is much better. It will withstand anything you throw at it. With my setup, the transducer is suspended in water above the hull. You have to have some solid or liquid connection between the transducer and the ocean. If there is an air gap, the thing will not work. Bob Last edited by dsafety; 01-05-2010 at 01:51 PM.

01-07-2010, 07:38 AM	#6
WahooUSMA Senior Member Join Date: Jan 2009 Location: Rancho Cucamonga Posts: 753	Bob, Great idea, and I am going to re-install my transducer with your method this weekend..Quick question (now that I have read the whole thread). How much space between the hull and the transducer do require? That will determine I guess, the length of PVC needed??? Also, why not mount this at the rear of the yak as they do in boats. The Revo has an access hatch that would make the install easy...I think? Roger __________________ GO ARMY BEAT NAVY! Bad decisions make great stories!

01-07-2010, 10:21 AM	#8
shortstack Member Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: LJ Posts: 97	WOW!!!! That's some sick shit!!

01-02-2010, 09:53 PM	#1
crabkracker Junior Join Date: Aug 2008 Location: OC Posts: 23	Great idea! My wet well install has worked perfectly for over a year, but this is much better! No more filling it with water or forgetting to... Thanks for sharing!

01-04-2010, 04:12 PM	#2
cappo Junior Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: culver city Posts: 12	Thats a neat setup. I was thinking of changin to a wet install. This will help alot. Thanks.

01-05-2010, 06:24 AM	#5
peguinpower bing! Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: socal Posts: 246	Brilliant! Great job! Ive heard that Surgilube makes for a great medium and has anti-bacterial stuff that prevents algae and mold build up. Its the same stuff they use on ultrasounds. At 2 bucks for 4oz at your local pharmacy, seems like a good deal. If you drill in an injection port, later sealed with a screw, you can fill up that reservoir real good. /bing

01-07-2010, 09:40 AM	#7
dsafety Olivenhain Bob Join Date: May 2008 Location: Olivenhain, CA Posts: 1,122	I am not sure if mounting the FF in the stern will effect the performance in a significant way but if you have a Revo, there may be a good reason to mount there. The space in rear hatch on the Revo is not easily accessible while on the water and therefore the real estate is less valuable, at least to me. Having the transducer mounted there would save some storage space up front. I store my FF battery in the otherwise mostly useless tray that came with my Revo. The stern is usually dryer than the bow and therefore probably a good place for electrical stuff to live. Give it a try. Bob P1020496.jpg