Depth finder re-install

ralphy670

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My boat came with a depth finder when I bought it new last year. Near the end of the season last year it would sometimes give false readings. As I have been going through the boat before this season I noticed the transducer has come loose. It is a puck style in hull transducer. It appears it was installed with some kind of adhesive, not epoxy. Is there some kind of adhesive other than epoxy that can be used to repair it?
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DRIFTER_016

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Re: Depth finder re-install

What makes you think it's not epoxy?
According to Lowrance shoot through hull transducers should be epoxied in place.

From lowrances site
Shoot-thru-hull transducers are epoxied directly to the inside of fiberglass boat hulls. The sound is transmitted and received through the hull of the boat - but at the cost of some loss of sonar performance. (You won't be able to "see" as deep with a shoot-thru-hull transducer as one that's mounted on the transom.) The hull has to be made of solid fiberglass. Don't attempt to shoot through aluminum, wood, or steel hulls. Sound can't pass through air, so if there's any wood, metal, or foam reinforcement, it must be removed from the inside of the hull before installing the transducer. Another disadvantage of the shoot-thru-hull transducer is it can't be adjusted for the best fish arches. Although there are disadvantages to a shoot-thru-hull transducer, the advantages are considerable. One, it can't be knocked off by a stump or rock since it's protected inside the hull. Two, since there is nothing protruding into the water flow, it generally works quite well at high speed if it is mounted where a clean laminar flow of water passes over the hull. Three, it can't be fouled by marine growth
 

ralphy670

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Re: Depth finder re-install

Thanks for the response and the info. I am sure its not epoxy. It feels rubbery to the touch and it sure didnt hold well. I installed my fishfinder transducer with epoxy in the bilge and it is solid as a rock. I will just do the same with this one. Thanks for the help.
 

Knot Waiting

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Re: Depth finder re-install

Probably was a silicon adhesive. Not a good medium to shoot radar through.
 
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