Profish 45 transducer placement

[Brian D]

Well as you know I now have a Profish 45 (won it at the BRC 2007) and a bloody great craft it is too.

I have read the other threads about transducer placements on yaks and it appears that inside the skin is best but now need with the Profish because it has a special hole for the transducer and a special holding bay for the battery and screen.

I was thinking about silocon to hold the transducer in place because I can't bring myself to drill a hole for the bracket.

Anyone got any thoughts on that. Would silicone hold things in place?

[faulked]

in the bible it reads and low the centurion stuck im up with selleys as it was the strongest

ps this translates roughly to itll hold christ on the cross i believe

[faulked]

whatever goo you decide on mate make dam sure theres no air bubbles i like silicon as an adhesive and would recomend it for this purpose as you dont have 2halves to mix like arraldite this creates air bubbles:)

[Brian D]

Thanks J

I was thinking silicone more for it's gap filling properties

[rayke1938]

Use sikaflex rather than normal silicone. You will find that the sounder people and most boat fitters recommend sikaflex. It is more expensive but if you keep it in the deep freeze it will store indefinately and wont go off in the tube.

Just wrap it up so the missus cant see what it is or tell her its some stuff you are hiding from the feds.

Cheers

Ray

[Brian D]

Thanks Ray - Bias Boating I suppose or maybe at our chandlery.

[rumrunner]

definatly sikaflex!!!!

sticks like sh## to a rabbit!

you can get it from autobarn aswell!

they usualy stock plenty, make sure you get the right 1 as there are many diff types of sikaflex for diff perposes!

Ian

[Confused]

Hey Brian Congratulations on your magnificant win mate, Well you are more than welcome to come and talk/take a look at my Profish45 i just finished It has Humminbird 787 GPS combo fitted, light, live bait tank sprayer and pump all running off a switchboard and a rod tube inside. It took a while and a whole lot of thinking but it finally done, Took it out this afternoon and well it performed surpurb.. Extremely happy! :woohoo: :woohoo: [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tranducer_on_yak.jpg

[Confused]

sealed edges and face mounted sounder [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sounder_on_yak.jpg

[Confused]

back of yak with light mounted [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/back_of_yak_and_light.jpg

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Sounder on hindged sealed lid, with battery under. [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sounder_fitment_on_profish.jpg

[Confused]

spray bar from pump(waiting on top hatch to cover) Was a 50/50 chance of the drain keeping up with the pump, But teasted it this arvo in shultz canal and worked perfectly [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/profish_spraybar.jpg

[Confused]

front with light on, hope any of this will help u decide mate! [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/profish_with_light_on.jpg

[Confused]

just to prove it really worked, Couldnt believe it myself caused i wired it :cheer: [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/sounder_on_kayak.jpg

[Confused]

another shot of the spraybar in live tank [img size=320]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/another_shot_of_live_tank.jpg

[Brian D]

Wow Confused, that's a great job you,ve done. Please do a thing in the boating section for Yaks. I'll be calling you when needed.

[STU]

That looks very professional Confused love the set up of the sounder and live well thats one mean looking yak

[Master Sardines]

Brian, sikaflex.. White above waterline and black above and below waterline. don't! use silicone for marine applications!

Nice work Confused

[Brian D]

Cheers Master - I got some yesturday and it looks like it does the trick.

[Feral]

Fo rfuture reference Bostik do a similar product to sikaflex for about 2/3 of the price. Comes in lots of colours and is paintable.

[kriso]

hey guys just wanna bump this topic, im about to fit my hummingbird sounder to my yak, just lookin for a close up/ clearer picture of how you guys fitted the transducer cheers for the info so far.

[Confused]

kriso wrote:

hey guys just wanna bump this topic, im about to fit my hummingbird sounder to my yak, just lookin for a close up/ clearer picture of how you guys fitted the transducer cheers for the info so far.

I could go down and snap a few close ups if you really need them krisco:)

[slider65]

What ever you use, The best bet is to make sure it is clear so you can see any air bubbles.

[kriso]

Confused wrote:

kriso wrote:

hey guys just wanna bump this topic, im about to fit my hummingbird sounder to my yak, just lookin for a close up/ clearer picture of how you guys fitted the transducer cheers for the info so far.

I could go down and snap a few close ups if you really need them krisco:)

mate that would be awesome but i dont want ya to go to any great lenghts or anything its not urgent ive got about 3 weeks up my sleves before the next paddle

[Brian D]

Hi Kriso, I'll do the same for you but mate it's pretty easy if I can do it. I just put a of goo in the moulded hole, placed the tran's in and filled up the rest of the hole with more goo.

Not pretty but effective.

[kriso]

did you guys have the sorta half an egg shaped transducer?

[Confused]

1. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P2270083.jpg

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2 [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P2270084.jpg

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3 [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P2270085.jpg

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4 [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P2270086.jpg

[Confused]

with alot of help from alex, He put a bung in with a slot to fit the nuckle through and pined it with a cut down screw. Than gooped the whole lot in place, From memory we needed to trim the slot a little to get it to sit flush with the center bottom rib. Hope these help, The rest of the cable we just rolled up in the remaining hole.

Craig.

[kriso]

cheers craig your a gentlemen and scholar!

[Confused]

no worries mate never ever had a problem with it and ive bashed/draged it around alot works great all the time , However i do have a problem with the power cable the 2 pin style plug typical of anything american is very loosly fit and sometimes wont turn on is very frustrating anyone ever encountered this problem before?

[Biggles]

I am really enjoying the pics of the new Profish, this really is a sexy looking boat and I haven't seen a bad review yet from here or NZ.

Regards

Al