Topic: Question on hours

[Northernglitch]

I checked the FAQ and didn't see a post about this.  I am guessing the answer to my question generally relies on how the unit was care for but was curious.  Do the humminbird units start to show signs of problems at a certain set of hours?  For instance would a unit with 600 hours be more likely to crap out on you then one with 30 hours?  Or is it more to do with how it was used and cared for?  Just curious if use no matter how well taken care of slowly kills the units or if it is like a computer and you get cpus that last forever or ones that take a dive in a year its the luck of the draw.

[ITGEEK]

I would say that a unit that is kept dry, is much more likely to outlast one that
sits outside in the humidity and/or takes trips out on the water in storms or in
rough spray.

I saw an episode of 'Ax men' where one boat was playing around and put their prop in the
water at an angle and drenched another boat.  A Humminbird unit was on the drenched boat
and it was toasted.  I don't think they ever did get it working again.

With any electronics, you can get a brand new one that craps out after one hour, or you could
have one last 10 years with no problems.

You would think that the more hours you have on a unit, the more chance that something will
burn out.  That's just a guess, but it makes sense to me.

I would venture to say that because of the way the connectors are on Humminbird units, that
the units that stay bolted down without moving them, are in far better shape than the ones
that are removed and installed over and over.  But unfortunately, because of security reasons,
some people must continually mount and unmount the units.

I'm sure that Humminbird keeps records of repairs and hours on the units.
If Greg could chime in with some into, then that would be great.
He would be the only one on this forum with access to actual hard data.

[George]

Northernglitch

I purchased my 1197 in Feb 2009 and it has almost 900 hours and it is as good today as when I purchased it.  Actually with the upgrade revisions it is better.

George