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Offline bill kemp

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« on: June 30, 2011, 10:12:22 PM »
is there any way to test a transducer
my unit seems to have a bad transducer but i hate to buy one just to find out if it is the transducer or the unit

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Bill


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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #1 on: July 01, 2011, 08:59:25 AM »
Not unless you have some custom equipment to check it with (we build our own test equipment to test transducers).  The best you can do is to try someone else’s unit on your boat and/or your unit on someone else’s boat.  Depending on what problem you have whether this has to be another Si unit (not necessarily the same model) or any of our units (if it is a bottom reading problem).

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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #2 on: July 01, 2011, 02:51:30 PM »
Check the forum members list and see if anyone is near you for a test...
Chuck

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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #3 on: July 01, 2011, 04:58:21 PM »
greg the unit was reading depth and a few minutes later it was locked up at 9 foot i turned the unit off and back on and the depth is gone the temp still works and the unit seems to work fine on everthing else (have made sure the sonar is turned on )  is it poosible to burn up a transducer by leaving the unit on for several hours and not in the water i forgot to shut down the unit on my last fishing trip and drove home almost 3 hours before i shut the unit off

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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #4 on: July 02, 2011, 11:18:04 AM »
Leaving the unit on and the transducer out of the water is ok.  This should not burn up the ducer...
Still dont know about the loss of reading...
Component swap out is the best for trouble shooting..
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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #5 on: July 02, 2011, 11:20:01 AM »
No Bill, that will not burn up a transducer.
See if you can find someone else that has a Humminbird Si unit and test yours on their boat/transducer.  It does not have to be another 798 unit.  In fact since your problem is limited to the 2D sonar - it can be any Humminbird unit that has the same connector plug (all but the 3D sonar units).

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Re: 798c si transducer
« Reply #6 on: July 17, 2011, 10:55:49 AM »
greg  i ordered a new transducer from the hummingbird store and that did not fix the problem guess i will have to ship it in to get it fixed. going to call this week
« Last Edit: July 17, 2011, 10:57:32 AM by bill kemp »


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