FURUNO 585
Submitted by Jc85 on Wed, 2012-05-16 21:10
Hi guys
I am purchasing a 585 for my boat but after hours of phone calls and using the search button i am still unsure of what transducer to get.
I need help from anyone that has a fibreglass boat with twin engines.
The way i am steering is - using a matching box, running a 1kw 50B-6b and a 200B-8B 2kw wet faced thru hull. so 2 transducers.
this is also gonna send me bak 2.5k to get them installed. Still not sure how any one has gone with using a transome mount or a wet box transducer.
I need help asap so i can get this sorted and start fishing.
Any info would be great.. in the mean time ill keep reading forums
Cheers
JC85
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southcity104
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According to taylor marine/ furuno
the above system is the best set up for depths over 300 meters using the 50b. Its the system i am running and is excellent. But depending on the fish your targeting and what hull you have you may find the airmar tm260 very good also
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from all reports i have read
from all reports i have read the 1kw in a wet box would do well but if your going to look in the 300 plus a 2kw would be the go. the 600 watt would read the bottom in 200 but it needed just a bit more
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i have the 2kw set up in a
i have the 2kw set up in a wetbox on my 6.8 haines hunter the 200 loose's bottom in 2m and the 50 in about 115m have had talyor marine have a look at it can't seem to fix it. have even tried pullimg them out and putting them on a transom mount and the same problem
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just dhu it
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centre of motor
jc i had a single hull boat with twin 115 s , i ended up installing the transducer between the two motors on the bottom of the the vee (external transducer ) which gave a clear picture at speed
Jc85
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Thanks guys Just dhu it. ---
Thanks guys
Just dhu it. --- What depths were you reading and at what speed...which transducer??
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Georgejungle
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Its a massive job to glass
Its a massive job to glass them into a hull i have done it before and would prob not do it again. Bloody expensive also
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Im looking at the 1kw transom
Im looking at the 1kw transom mount, any benifits of the wet box? im guessing maybe a clearer pic at speeds?
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I have used both,currently
I have used both,currently using the wet box system both work great remember if you use the wet box you wont have a temp gauge.
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Bed of silicon and bed her in
Bed of silicon and bed her in all fixed ?
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full range
Jc , i had several problems trying to get a clear picture due to inteference from motors , once mounted in the centre and bottom of vee clear soundings through the range 10 to 30 knots , note the rig i had was a 6.2 vagabond with twin 115s and the tanny was a 600 w . my present rig has the 1kw furuno and there a huge difference in transducer size