RE: Ideas to reseat transducers once boat is already in water

From: Derek Reijnen <Derek_at_reijnenco.com>
Date: Mon 16 Jun 2003 - 10:37:39 PDT
To: 'Steve Haislet' <shaislet@speedsite.com>, Olson 911 Owners <olson911@sailpix.com>


When I removed the original transducers two years ago to switch over to Nexus, I discovered considerable degradation of the balsa core, which required removal of the core material and one square foot of exterior f'glas. This was an expensive job and it made me realize the risks of sealant failure at the transducers. I'd suggest you haul out and tackle the problem fully to avoid further damage.

Derek Reijnen
The Reijnen Company
phone: 206-842-4409
email: derek@reijnenco.com

-----Original Message-----
From: Steve Haislet [mailto:shaislet@speedsite.com] Sent: Monday, June 16, 2003 9:59 AM
To: Olson 911 Owners
Subject: Ideas to reseat transducers once boat is already in water

Hey folks,

We seem to be taking in a bit of water through one of out through hulls and was looking for options to remove and reseat without taking boat out of water.

I was thinking I could get a toilet plunger of sorts to create a vacuum.....

Also, I have Nexus Silva instruments and experienced blowing fuses this year. The one thing that changed was that I tried to use a four prong outlet/ trailer hitch connector from west marine to make the mast connection easier.

I removed it and things seem to be working....for one day. I'm hesitant to dismiss the problem since all worked well 2 days prior. However I was thinking that the plug may have been faulty and if I get several days of performance without blowing fuse I would expect that to be problem. Otherwise I probably have a short somewhere in mast. Anyone know of an issue using this connector and perhaps it isn't made for that sort of use?

Any suggestions?

Steve Haislet
Latest Trick Received on Mon Jun 16 10:29:55 2003




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