New Boat Electronics.

[Red_Dog]

Looking to hear from guys that have installed theyre own graph. I want to uprgrade from the old unit that was on the boat when I bought it. Its a walk thru full windshield type boat with the graph mounted on the dash next to the steering wheel. All the wires are run/hidden inside. Is installing a basic middle of the road unit an easy enough job for a guy with a bud and a 12 pack on a sunny afternoon?

[JohnMickish]

It's a pretty easy job if your competent with your hands. The hardest part will be mounting the new unit once you figure which way you want to do it. Probably the easiest will be to use a RAM mount for it. That offers a ton of adjustability.

Run your wires to the battery or ACC swich, mount your transducer and run the wires to the unit. Pretty simple.

One tip, don't tie wire the transducer cable to any electrical wires. It's just one way to help elimanate any interferance.

[Pat K]

When you pull your old transducer cord out, tie some masons line or other heavy sting to the end of the cord. Then you can use it to pull the new cord through your bilge, gunnels or wherever the cord is hidden.

[harvey lee]

I agree with Jon. I wired and installed two Humminbird GPS/Locator units in my boat with very few issues. I had to remove the old wiring that ran under the gunnels and I simple tied a wire to one end and pulled the old one out and then tied the new one on and pulled it back.

Follow the directions per instructions and you should be fine.

If you do run into a few issues, post them on here and many will try to help with the installition.

Good luck.

[Red_Dog]

Thanks for the quick reply's guys. I should have mentioned the current unit has a ram mount now I want to just keep, I'm guessing I can just plug the new one onto that. I will give it a go..any reccomendations on best bang for your buck for the not too serious gadget guy on a unit in the $200 to $300 range?

[Chris Haley]

Humminbird 300 series is in that price range and you won't go wrong with Humminbird!

[BoxMN]

When you pull your old transducer cord out, tie some masons line or other heavy sting to the end of the cord. Then you can use it to pull the new cord through your bilge, gunnels or wherever the cord is hidden.

Yep, good advice. Then, when you are going to pull the new one back through, tie/tape another piece of line so when you pull it through, you end up leaving an "extra" line in the there. Then when you need to add another one or a new power line, you have one in there ready to go. Eliminates the need to "fish" a line through, and costs nothing and adds no effort