Installation manual

Simrad38-7
Observethehorizontalandverticaldistances(CandD)between
thekeelandthetransducerblister.Onamediumsizedvessel,the
horizontaldistance(C)shouldbeapproximately1meter.The
verticaldistance(D)mustingeneralbeassmallaspossible.This
isimportanttopreventthekeelfromshadowingthetransducer
beaminshallowwaters.
AKeel
BTransducer
blister
CHorizontal
distance
betweenkeel
andblister
DVertical
distance
betweenthe
blistersurface
andthekeel
Transducerinstallationinboxkeel
Vesselswithaboxkeelmayusethisfortransducerinstallation.
Theboxkeelisalreadythedeepestpartofthevessel.Ifthe
boxkeelistoonarrowtoaccommodatethetransducer,itcanbe
widened,eithersymmetricallyortoonesideonly.Inthelast
casetheinstallationcouldalsobedescribedasablistermerged
intothekeel.
Usethemountingring
Largecirculartransducersaredesignedtobemountedusing
amountingring.Asuitablemountingcanbeprovidedby
Simrad,drawingsarealsoavailableforlocalproduction.The
mountingringisweldedtotheholepreparedforthetransducer.
Boltsthroughthetransducerbodyintothemountingringwill
securethetransducerinplace.Notethatseveraltransducersuse
directionguidestoallowcorrectmounting.
Smoothsurfaceisimportant
Mountingscrewsorboltsmustnotbeextrudingfromthe
transducerortheareaimmediatelyaroundit.Makesurethatthe
surfaceofthetransducerface,theinstallationhardwareusedto
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