Re: Opinions please
No special kit to fix it, sorry. As far as the transducer cable, it is called a coaxial cable. I assume it has just the outer silver tube and an inner single wire. If so, first slip a short length of small diameter heat shrink over the center wire on one end. Then slip a larger piece of shrink over the whole cable. Then solder the two ends of the center wire together. Slide the small heat shrink over the joint and shrink it. The outer conductor is called a sheild. If you are lucky, it is braided. If so, solder it together as best you can, then cover the whole cable with the final piece of shrink, and shrink it. If the outer conductor is a piece of foil, it should also have a small bare wire with it. Solder those two pieces together and shrink as with the shield. If you have multiple inner conductors, treat them just like the single inner wire. This stuff is realy not too critical for the older transducers. Don't use too hot of an iron. Don't use plumbing solder or plumbing flux. Regular electronic solder and flux are helpful. (Use Sn63 or Sn60 solder if you can get it.) Before you put the heatshrink on the connection, clean the joint with alcohol (or if outdoors, acetone works well). This will remove any slightly acidic flux which will eventually eat away at your wire. BTW, that is why no plumbing flux. That is VERY acidic.
TerryMSU
