Tony, another option besides all these mounting ideas is to replace the depth gauge with an original unit, assuming it's a bad gauge and not a defective transducer that fried it in the first place. I've replaced all my original Catalina equipment with Raymarine ST60 stuff, so I find myself with good used parts for sale pretty reasonably. Let me know if you want to try that route.
David Shaddock Rockford, IL [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you want to ask me off-list. ----- Original Message ----- From: Anthony Whipple <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, June 13, 2007 13:59 Subject: catalina27-talk: Dead Signet Depth Sounder To: [email protected] > > My '89 came with those big round Signet knot/log and depth > gauges. The > depth sounder (SL172) is, I'm afraid, dead. I opened it up > and there was > that smell of charred electronics and some burnt parts on the > circuit board. > Now I need a depth sounder. The replacement unit from > Signet is over $400 > (without the sender). That seems expensive to me, given > that a sounder plus > transducer can be bought for less than half of that. It's > just that I have > that big (4 inch?) hole in the bulkhead to deal with. Has > anyone come up > with a good (and inexpensive) solution to a replacement > unit? Are > transducers interchangeable, or do I need to find one that fits > the same > through-hull hole? If I need a new transducer, can that be > changed in the > water (without too much drama)? What other questions do I > need answered? > (Left myself wide open there, didn't I?) > > Tony Whipple > C27 'Slackers Cove' #6595 > Atlantic Beach, NC > > ------ > Anthony Whipple > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
