Fair enough. I do buy refurbished gear sometimes as well. I was
more thinking I'm not going to try and piece together a new
transducer to the old display.
Raymarine doesn't have any of what I need right now in the referb
section (only a depth display with no
I would disagree on one point. I frequently buy refurbished electronics for
boat and home and have not had a problem yet. My logic is that at least the
refurbished item has been specifically tested and shown to work up to spec.
That is more than the standard stuff off the assembly line gets.
Thanks everyone for the replys.
Fred - If I was going to go with the i40 instruments then I would
just replace the depth sounder - I wouldn't be adding wind
instruments as part of the i40 group.
Don't think I'm going to go refurbished or The big question - do
I put in a Raymarine Seatalkng network a few years ago with Fred’s help and am
very happy with the system. I added a Airmar DST800 depth/speed/temp tri-ducer
last spring that I bought on eBay which plugged right into the network and
worked perfectly. It even fit into the hole from the old
I replaced an Autohelm depth sounder display with one I purchased from
someone on the list. the transducer was ok. You can also check out the
Raymarine refurbished instruments.
http://www.raymarine.com/store/refurbished/. You might find something you
want there.
Alan Bergen
35 Mk III Thirsty
Rose
, 2018 4:11 PM
To: C List
Cc: Dr. Mark Bodnar
Subject: Stus-List Depth sounder replacement
I'd appreciate some advice regarding a non-functioning depth sounder.
Near the end of the season my depth sounder started reading 0 no matter the
condition. I couldn't find any obvious explanation
Do the raymarine i70 package and do it right. You will love the display if
you can mount everything in a pod on the coach house over your companion
way entrance easily in view of all in the cockpit. You and crew will learn
to sail to apparent wind angle and with an added display you may be able to
Mark — I would NOT consider the i40 system for wind; your only choice for a
wind transducer is one suitable only for power boats.
The i70 is a nice system; and yes, you do get water temp with it, as the
transducer is a single depth/speed/temp transducer. And you get a much better
wind
Will likely be on sale when the Boat Show starts in Toronto Jan 18
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> On Dec 18, 2018, at 5:10 PM, Dr. Mark Bodnar via CnC-List
> wrote:
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> I'd appreciate some advice regarding a non-functioning depth sounder.
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> Near the end of the season my depth sounder started
I'd appreciate some advice regarding a non-functioning depth
sounder.
Near the end of the season my depth sounder started reading 0 no
matter the condition. I couldn't find any obvious explanation for
the problem - but I'm thinking that the Autohelm
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