New head unit will probably be NMEA 2000. You would need to splice the
wires.

Joel

On Thursday, November 26, 2015, Joe Della Barba via CnC-List <
[email protected]> wrote:

> NMEA units or combo speed depth and temp units aside, a basic 200 KHz
> transducer is pretty good for a wide variety of depth finders. My
> transducer
> dates back to the 1970s and I think I am on about the 5th depthfinder since
> then. It still works fine.
>
> Joe Della Barba
> [email protected] <javascript:;>
>
> Coquina
>
> HAPPY THANKSGIVING
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Hoyt,
> Mike via CnC-List
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 8:24 AM
> To: [email protected] <javascript:;>
> Cc: Hoyt, Mike <[email protected] <javascript:;>>
> Subject: Re: Stus-List substitution of depth transducers
>
> I will second that.  Last year I installed i50/i60 to replace the old B&G
> 1000 system on the boat.  It was difficult but not impossible and really
> not
> all that long a time to remove the old transducers.  There is usually a
> flange on the exterior which I cut under with a sharp knife and then I
> slowly pried them out.  Along with the prying from outside I also placed a
> block of wood over the edge of transducer inside and tapped (rather hard
> tapping) with a hammer. They came out without damage to either transducer
> or
> the boat.  After removal I subsequently found out that the transducers
> themselves were only 2 or three years old despite the instruments being
> antiques.  Oh well.
>
> The holes on the old transducers were smaller than those for the new ones.
> I screwed a block of thin plywood in place on the interior to act as a
> guide
> for the drill bit on hole saw and then drilled out the larger hole.  Had I
> left the old transducers in place then likely the transducer itself could
> have been used for the drill bit of the hole saw ....
>
> Note that the hull is a whole lot tougher than the transducers.
>
> Also note that you tend not to change engine oil and leave in old filter so
> why would you add nice new instruments and use old transducers that may be
> prone to failure other than as a way to avoid hauling a boat to do the
> work?
>
> BTW.  Old and especially old and non functioning instruments on a boat are
> a
> pet peeve of mine.  The original owners of these boats spent a lot of time
> and money to outfit the boats properly and it is the least we can do when
> buying a nice boat for a fraction of its actual worth to treat the old gals
> properly.  Same goes for 30 year old sails.
>
> Mike
> Persistence
> 1987 Frers 33
> Halifax, NS
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: CnC-List [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:;>] On
> Behalf Of Bill Bina
> via CnC-List
> Sent: Thursday, November 26, 2015 7:47 AM
> To: [email protected] <javascript:;>
> Cc: Bill Bina
> Subject: Re: Stus-List substitution of depth transducers
>
> If you skip the part where I wasted a lot of time and effort when I tried
> to
> remove the old transducer with a hammer, and go straight to the holesaw
> method, it is a 5 minute job and really not that hard. I would not bother
> trying to use the very old transducer.
>
> Bill Bina
>
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