Bronze through hull transducer for steel boat ?

ribbony · 21-04-2008, 16:39

We have been offered a good used sounder that has a bronze transducer. We originally had a plastic transducer. So can you use a Bronze transducer on the steel hull, or are there ways of keeping the two seperate. Or, is plastic a better option in our case ?

**David M** · 21-04-2008, 16:46

Lots of steel boats have bronze thruhulls and bronze transducers. Just bed it well.

navigatorI · 06-05-2008, 13:23

Quote:

Originally Posted by David M

Lots of steel boats have bronze thruhulls and bronze transducers. Just bed it well.

Good afternoon. You have wide experience. Whether tell please it is possible to install bronze transducer in the steel hull of a vessel without an isolating ? We have no original isolating ring.

Wotname · 06-05-2008, 13:44

Yes it is possible and OK; having the isolating / sealing ring is nice but not essential. As David M says, just bed it well - with sealant of your choice - but one approved for underwater use

21-04-2008, 16:39	#1
ribbony Registered User Join Date: Mar 2006 Location: Australia Boat: Adams 35 Posts: 294	Bronze through hull transducer for steel boat ? We have been offered a good used sounder that has a bronze transducer. We originally had a plastic transducer. So can you use a Bronze transducer on the steel hull, or are there ways of keeping the two seperate. Or, is plastic a better option in our case ?

21-04-2008, 16:46	#2
David M Moderator Moderator Join Date: Sep 2007 Location: San Francisco Bay Boat: research vessel Posts: 4,660	Lots of steel boats have bronze thruhulls and bronze transducers. Just bed it well. __________________ David Where land ends life begins.

06-05-2008, 13:44	#4
Wotname Registered User Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: Perth, Australia Boat: Van DeStat Super Dogger 31' Posts: 1,250	Yes it is possible and OK; having the isolating / sealing ring is nice but not essential. As David M says, just bed it well - with sealant of your choice - but one approved for underwater use __________________ All men dream: but not equally. Those who dream by night in the dusty recesses of their minds wake in the day to find it was vanity: but the dreamers of the day are dangereous men, for they may act their dreams with open eyes, to make it possible. T.E. Lawrence

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