$60 Dumb Mistake

Last week when I went to West Point Lake the Lowrance X65 depthfinder on the
dash of my boat started acting strange - giving me fuzzy readings and finally
locking in on a 0 to 5 foot scale and showing the bottom at 2 feet, no matter
how deep the water.

Yesterday I went to Oconee and the depthfinder worked fine - for a little
while. Then it started again, giving fuzzy readings and then locking in on the
0 to 5 foot scale. I have an identical X65 on the front so I switched. It
started doing the same thing. Only thing I could figure was a tranducer
problem.

I took the boat out and went to a nearby marina and found a tranducer that
would work. I bought it and headed back to the ramp. At the ramp, when I
reached down to put the plug back in, I noticed the tranducer was tilted back.
I had looked at it before and it looked fine, but I had not crawled under
there to check. It was loose and would tilt back when moving in the water, then
go straight when the boat stopped. I could not see a problem but as soon as I
got under there and tightened it up, it worked fine.

I now have a spare tranducer!

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

$60 Dumb Mistake

Group: rec.outdoors.fishing.bass Date: Sun, Feb 8, 2004, 2:05am (CST+6)
From: (RGarri7470)
Last week when I went to West Point Lake the Lowrance X65 depthfinder on
the dash of my boat started acting strange - giving me fuzzy readings
and finally locking in on a 0 to 5 foot scale and showing the bottom at
2 feet, no matter how deep the water.
Yesterday I went to Oconee and the depthfinder worked fine - for a
little while. Then it started again, giving fuzzy readings and then
locking in on the 0 to 5 foot scale. I have an identical X65 on the
front so I switched. It started doing the same thing. Only thing I could
figure was a tranducer problem.
I took the boat out and went to a nearby marina and found a tranducer
that would work. I bought it and headed back to the ramp. At the ramp,
when I reached down to put the plug back in, I noticed the tranducer was
tilted back.
=A0=A0I had looked at it before and it looked fine, but I had not
crawled under there to check. It was loose and would tilt back when
moving in the water, then go straight when the boat stopped. I could not
see a problem but as soon as I got under there and tightened it up, it
worked fine.
I now have a spare tranducer!
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com
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Like ya said Ronnie...ya now have a spare transducer grin! I wish I
had a nickle for all the things I have "overlooked" in my life!
JK

Let's hope that'll be the worst mistake you make this year Ron...

WW
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http://www.warrenwolk.com/



"RGarri7470" wrote in message
...
Last week when I went to West Point Lake the Lowrance X65 depthfinder on
the
dash of my boat started acting strange - giving me fuzzy readings and
finally
locking in on a 0 to 5 foot scale and showing the bottom at 2 feet, no
matter
how deep the water.

Yesterday I went to Oconee and the depthfinder worked fine - for a little
while. Then it started again, giving fuzzy readings and then locking in on
the
0 to 5 foot scale. I have an identical X65 on the front so I switched. It
started doing the same thing. Only thing I could figure was a tranducer
problem.

I took the boat out and went to a nearby marina and found a tranducer
that
would work. I bought it and headed back to the ramp. At the ramp, when I
reached down to put the plug back in, I noticed the tranducer was tilted
back.
I had looked at it before and it looked fine, but I had not crawled under
there to check. It was loose and would tilt back when moving in the water,
then
go straight when the boat stopped. I could not see a problem but as soon
as I
got under there and tightened it up, it worked fine.

I now have a spare tranducer!

Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com

....get another boat to put that transducer on, then you can share the X65
between them said Huck

get another boat to put that transducer on, then you can share the X65
between them said Huck


Good idea - already thought of that. I am putting together a boat to use on
small waters and all I need now is a power cord!
Ronnie

http://fishing.about.com