How to mount transducer on aluminum boat

If you mount a transducer on aluminum using screws it is recommended to use the drill bit extension to extend the upper part of the hub to thread the bolt head up to the upper layer of the gel coat. The transducer can not start if an object is hit in the water which could damage the transducer.

I just drill holes and caulk with 100 silicone lifetime caulking and works for me.

How to mount transducer on aluminum boat. Installing the mounting accessories on the back of a boat. If you mount a transducer on aluminum using screws it is recommended to use the drill bit extension to extend the upper part of the hub to thread the bolt head up to the upper layer of the gel coat. This prevents cracks in the gel coat layer when tightening the screws.

How to Mount a Transducer on an Aluminum Boat. Position Your Mounting Plate then Make Drill Marks. Apply a Gob of Marine-Grade Silicone Next to the Holes then Drive the Screws in Place.

Mount the Transducer of Your Choice. Mounting Using A PVC Board. When mounting the transducer make sure it does not interfere with the carrying of the boat.

Do not over-tighten the transducer mount fixing nut. The transducer can not start if an object is hit in the water which could damage the transducer. Be careful when installing the transducer.

If you mount it on the transomstarboard to make up the ledge difference. Just screw right into the transom. Mark the board drill your holes on the back of the board put a think ring of Life Seal around the screw holes then just attach your transducer to the starboard.

Use the Life Seal on that too. It works above or below the waterline. Get you a transom mounting plate that way you only have drill 2 holes to install it and you can move or add a different transducer down the road without having to drill more holes in your boat.

I just drill holes and caulk with 100 silicone lifetime caulking and works for me. You might want to consider installing a starboard plate use bolts not screws generous with sealant at holes the back of starboard and then seal around the edges. Once this is installed you can screw your transducer to the board.

This will allow you to move or change transducers down the road without having to put new holes in your hull. If your Aluminum boat had an old fishfinder with a transom mount transducer cut the transducer off the end and use the old wire to draw the new one through the wiring chase. If not youll have to start from scratch by using a wire fish to pull the new transducer wire and plug through.

Find a scrap of treated lumber rip yourself a piece about 1 X 15. Mount your transducer to it use a C-clamp to hold it on the transom once youre in the water. Use a thin scrap of wood under the clamp inside the boat to protect that surface if needed.

Mounting transducer on aluminum jon boat Mount it inside close to the transom on a surface that will allow the cone to cover the area you want covered. Flat bottom john no problem. SemiV may have to move it away from the centerline to get a flatter surface.

Use a 2 part epoxy rough up the boat and the bottom of the puk and glue her down. Find a piece of aluminum or grp tube large enough to hold the transducer and bond it to the bottom with epoxy. Mount the through hull transducer in a plastic cap and place it on the tube after youve poured enough oil or brake fluid in the tube so the transducer will be submerged completely.

Keep the lid in place with some silicone or tape. Use some Starboard or UHMW through bolted and sealed with 5200 and then mount your transducers to it. That way WHEN you replace the transducer you dont have to worry about putting yet more holes in the transom.

Whats going on everybody Rob here with a little video and installing the Stern saver transducer mount for your boat. We just purchased a brand-new fiberglas. Side imaging doesnt work above trolling speeds no matter how you mount the transducer.

Id recheck your manual about mounting the transducer on the inside of an aluminum hull. They make a thru-hull transducer but you have to drill a hole in the bottom of the boat to mount it. Dragging a trailing transducer mounted closely to the transom and below the hull in the trough of a boat forces a powerful flow of already disturbed water into around and over the transducer creating all sorts of sounding chaos.

We have accepted this as customary for transom-mounted transducers simply because this is what weve been instructed to doand do our best to deal with it. I was going to fabricate and bend a piece of aluminum plate to mount the head unit on my boat is a 1648 lowe tiller steer i was going to attach the plate to the gunnel rail and the rib just forward of the rear seat where i drive the boat from. Then I thought about a ram mount directly on the rear bench seat there is plenty of room between the side of the boat and where my boat seat is if I used a ram mount.

Ive read the ram mount. Other than the epoxy to glue it to the hull course all of them have epoxy somewhere even if its only to hold the piezo crystal to the mountin the case of brass ones so you should be able to read pretty accurate temp. However it would be more of an average temp since the hull was doing the sensing and would take longer to adjust to the ambient water temp.

Epoxys can be filled with all kinds of things and if filled with aluminum. An in-hull aka shoot-through transducer mounts to the inside of the hull and transmits and receives sonar signals through fiberglass eliminating the need for drilling holes in the hull. This also eliminates the need to remove the boat from the water for installation and there will be no protrusions under the boat.

But there are downsides. A few weeks back I picked up a nice little fishing boat. I also just got a new Humminbird Helix 7 w gpssidi.

I am new to the side imaging and have no idea where to mount the transducer. Surely I cant be the first one to do this. Does anyone have any tips or pictures of their install on a similar boat to mine.

Its a 70s Mirrocraft 14ft. Mounting totalscan transducer on 16 aluminum boat. Went out and bought me a boat as a early b day surprise the other day and Im trying to mount my lowrance total scan transducer.

I bought a mounting plate and want to still use the hummingbird that came with the boat.