Installation manual

Transducerhandlingandmaintenance
TRANSDUCERHANDLINGAND
MAINTENANCE
YouMUSTobservethefollowingrulesforhandling,
maintenanceandpainting.
Rulesfortransducerhandling
Note
Donotliftthetransducerbythecable.
Donotexposethetransducertodirectsunlight.
Donotexposethetransducertoexcessiveheat.
Transportprotection
Sometransducersaredeliveredwithacoverplateontheface
forprotectionduringtransport.Letthisplatestayonaslongas
possible,butdonotforgettoremoveitbeforethevesselgoes
intothesea.
Paintingthetransducerface
Ananti-foulingpaintmaybeappliedtothetransducerface.
Becausesomepainttypesmaybeaggressivetothepolyurethane
inthetransducerface,pleaseconsultSimrad’slistofapproved
paints.SeeApprovedanti-foulingpaintsonpage24.
Cleaningthetransducerface
Wheneveropportunityarise,forexamplewhenthevesselisdry
docked,thetransducerfacemaybecleanedforshellsandother
marinefouling.B
ecarefulnottomakecutsinthetransducer
face.Useapieceofsoftwoodoraverynegradeemerypaper.
Specialrulesforacousticwindows
Arctictankshaveacousticwindowsmadeofpolycarbonate.
Thesemustneitherbepaintednorcleanedwithchemicals.
Acousticwindowsmustnotbeexposedtodirectsunlight.
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