Lowrance lms 350A

[largemarge]

I was out on Mille Lacs this week. Had a few problems with the unit. it kept power but flashed the depth. Does that mean it had a power surge, lost water on the transducer or what. It also flashed very high numbers for depth. Any thoughts? Oh, it is mounted internally on a fiberglass boat.

[Corey Bechtold]

Try this old trick, turn the power off and then turn it on again. I have the same problem from time to time and that's what I do.

Good Luck,

Corey Bechtold

[largemarge]

how many times can a guy do that during the day. I actually tried that a few times, it still powered up with it flashing and did not maintain the depth. Have you researched the problem, or just keep turning it on and off?.

[PerchJerker]

Flashing depth means it does not have a reading on the bottom. Could be the transducer is bad, or the transducer cable, or the unit.

[largemarge]

so why is it then that it works sometimes for an hour, then goes goofy, turn it off and then on and it flashes a depth like 147 for 5 minutes, then all of a sudden it starts reading correctly? I couldn't locate the transducer(fiberglass ranger, boat not mine) thinking it was losing water connection. Does it need water connection to truly work. All other I've owned had to. Maybe it needs to be checked out or calibrated or something. Any additional thoughts other than get a new one?

[Big Julie]

I fished with a friend just yesterday who had a similar problem with an X-15. The depth would periodically go screwy.

He had it into the dealer two times and was getting more than a little frustrated with a tournament coming this weekend.

He narrowed it down to his Minnkota trolling motor as the unit would work when running the outboard, but not with the electric...

They called Minnkota and found a faulty ground.

What I would suggest is to look at your electrical connections of anything and everything that runs on your boat.

Good luck.

[minneman]

I had the same problem with mine and the last thing I checked was the connection in the back of the unit, sure enough it hadnt been turned to lock and worked its way off the pins a bit. every time I messed with it, it came on for a while, then off again. worth checking anyway.