Today, I worked on my little catamaran.
The top surface of the centre console had a squillion holes in it, nearly thirty years of battle scars.
So I cut a piece of ACM to size, drilled 1 hole in it to line up with an existing cable hole, and glued her down with a bead of Soudal all purpose silicone.
I grommeted the hole, an oft overlooked step.
My new to me Lowrance Hook2 4xGPS Sounder is now sitting on a pristine surface.
I turned it on and nothing happened. Usually, your helper can feel the transducer pulsing.
Not so with the Lowrance.
There was nothing on screen and nothing to feel at the transom.
I set the transducer in a bucket of water and the trace magically appeared and the shallow water alarm sounded.
I am taking this to mean my $80 Facebook Marketplace bargain is going to work.
(It was a fairly safe bet. Everyone knows everyone in this town, so sellers are often less inclined to rip people off.)
Still, a relief. Removing the wiring for the old sounders and running the new cable has taken days. It's very hard to get at and I am sure the previous owners had shares in a cable tie factory somewhere. I'd hate to have to do it again.
Ready for reassembly, tested all systems.
Nav Lights? Check
Anchor light? Check
Radios? Check
Sounder? Check
Floodlights for gar fishing at night? Check
Bilge pumps? Nothing. Not a squawk.
Sniff suspiciously for smoke. All good.
Check fuse. Good.
Check power to switch. Good.
Check power out of switch. Nothing.
Pull switch out to take down to Jaycar to get replacement.
Decide I might pop it open for a look. Eject insect egg cocoon from switch body.
Reassemble.
Test bilge pumps? Check.
How the heck did the pesky little insect/spider even get into the damned switch?
Not much remains to be done. Retie cables with a sensible number of cable ties.
Patch screw holes the Humminbird transducer was mounted with JB Marine Weld.
Was able to reuse the screw holes for the Garmin transducer to install the Lowrance transducer - it shares shape and screw hole spacing.
Prime and paint the patch.
Go fishing. Woohoo.
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