Humminbird through the hull transducer

[Wayne Ek]

Humminbird now offers a new through the hull transducer for the 1197c. Supposedly it requires drilling through the hull and sealing in the transducer which doesn't bother me. I'm wondering if anyone has run one yet.

[reddog]

Havent run one, because I have no need, but I have several friends with glass boats that use the tru hull Xducer.

Most are installed in the "step".

[dudewheresmyboat]

i almost did, but didn't feel like punching a 1inch hole in my glass boat. I should have though since i broke my first ducer already. I'd say if you plan to keep it for a long time run the through hull ducer and save some bucks in the long run, especially if you fish stump fields and log jams.

[kg2]

I put one on when I bought my new Skeeter in Sept of 2008. Put it on the step, but... the Skeeter sponsons interfere with the SI view. Non-Skeeters will be a better option.

[Wayne Ek]

kg2- Any problems with keeping a good seal. I'm wondering about the constant vibrations and if you had any water leaking in.

[Rost]

Humminbird now offers a new through the hull transducer for the 1197c. Supposedly it requires drilling through the hull and sealing in the transducer which doesn't bother me. I'm wondering if anyone has run one yet.

Wayne??? What the heck...you runnin birds now? I didn't mean to scare you on your previous post "Lowrance did good!". LOL

[Wayne Ek]

Still going to run the Lowrance and Bird on the console. With a Lowrance on the bow.

[minnducker]

Must be some serious confusion/misinformation here. "Thru Hull" means just that. If you actually were to cut a hole your boat (very bad idea), you wouldn't be going "thru the hull". You mount a "thru hull" trandsducer on a fiberglass boat without cutting any holes in the bottom. You can't shoot through wood or aluminum, but in no case would I ever cut a hole in any boat to mount a transducer, and nether would anyone else.

BTW when mounting a thru hull transducer on a glass boat, you do need to use some type of liquid epoxy to imbed and fasten the transducer to the bottom so there are no air pockets or bubbles between the face of the transducer and the bottom. Check with an experienced marine outfitter or look on the web for details. Have one on my new glass boat, works perfect at any speed with no loss of sensitivity.

[reddog]

Wrong.

You are talking about a "in hull" transducer that is glassed in. A "thru hull" does indeed require a 3/4 hole to be drilled in the bottom of your boat to accept the mounting spud of the transducer.

There is nothing wrong with this application, as its no different than the 2 or 3 other holes you have that are underwater. (livewell intakes and drains, etc.)

Its the "gold standard" application for glass boats for the HDSI Xducer.

Ranger installation:

[kg2]

Wayne, no leakage for me. I think for Ranger's it will be the ideal set-up. I just recommended this for a friend's Ranger 618 set-up.