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| My Humminbird 595 combo just started having this problem?
After I pass anywhere around 10mph my depth starts reading like 150 or so feet. The only time the depth reads right is when I am going really slow or stopped?
Anybody ever have this problem? Any help?
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Sounds like your transducer isn't positioned correctly. |
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| Sssso.........? What should I do? |
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Location: Stevens Point, WI | http://www.humminbird.com/support/FAQ.aspx?faqid=49
Read through that first. An 800 number on the lower right or email them if nothing on the website helps. |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Check that the transducer is tight in the bracket, that it isn't a 'kick up' bracket that is kicked up, and make sure the transducer face is even with the running bottom so clean water runs across the surface. |
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| Also, watch that you've not placed your transducer in line with any rivits that run from the back to the front of the boat. As you are underway, a line of those rivits creates a stream of air bubbles that pass over and around the transducer. So your transducer must be to one side or the other, out of that stream of bubbles. This info is what I recall from the mounting instructions of my Hummer. Also, my hummer came with a cardboard transducer mounting template to help drill the holes just right, I bet you can get one free template from hummer if that would be helpful.
Also, check the "Options Menue" on your hummer to make sure you didn't make an unintentional big change to your "Speed Offset". That might mess things up. |
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| That was me before, just wasn't signed in. Here is a pic. Is it positioned right?
Thanks for all the advice, so far! I am still a little confused on what "kick up" means, not sure if mines kicked up?
Edited by 50"skie 10/27/2009 4:42 PM
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Location: Kodiak, AK | And you say it's just started? If it's just started, and used to work where it's mounted now, then I'd check the security of your bracket. If they get loose or worn, as you pick up speed, the ducer will start to tilt backward from the water resistance. Then instead of pointing straight down in 10' of water, it's pointing backward a ways at an angle and it's 180' away before it hits bottom and bounced back.
Beyond that, you want to make sure your transducer is even in the water while on plane. Some guys mount their's too high up the chine incline and as the boat gets on plane the ducer is either entirely out of the water or in the turbulence and won't read correctly.
But if it had previously been reading corrctly, I'd assume that it's location is OK, but I'd check the mount and make sure it's tight and not worn in a way that would allow it to flex while you're running. |
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| The bottom of the transducer must be flush with the bottom of your boat, and flat to the surface of the water. So, you's is too high. Also, it appears the transducer is mounted backwards within the frame that allows "kick up". And it appears the frame may be mounted upside down! I'm prob wrong, but it looks that way to me.
Kick up occurs when the transducer hits something like a rock, or the cement landing - the transducer pops out of the frame, swings up away from the object, and you then have to put it back in place. My unit requires a big smack to kick up. (Hint - the frame itself often breaks on a good hit so go ahead and buy a spare one now!)
I suggest you go to the Hummer Home Site and print off a complete set of installation instructions. Transducers are tricky. Oh, I once cut the long wire between the transducer and the unit, I just wanted a shorter line. My mistake - I can't cut and reattach the wire. I had to buy a whole new transducer and be satisfied with a lot of extra line.
Edited by Ranger 10/27/2009 5:04 PM
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| Thanks for all the great advice. |
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| esoxfly - 10/27/2009 4:46 PM
And you say it's just started? If it's just started, and used to work where it's mounted now, then I'd check the security of your bracket.
This started when I re-mounted it. It was working fine but I wanted to re-mount it because the last place it was mounted it made a "rooster tail" of water behind the boat. That didn't look really good. I thought it looked pretty stupid. |
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| I just check the Hum Home site and ther's a TON on installation info.
I take my transducer and unit off the boat for ice fishing. Drill three holes, the transducer is dropped in the middle hole (I use parts of an old tip-up to hold the transducer in place in the hole.) I'm amazed at how difficult it can be to see two jigs that are only 3-4' away from each other in 25' of water. I'm constantly adjusting the transducer, moving it this or that way ever so slightly, to see both baits down there near the bottom. |
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Location: Kodiak, AK | 50"skie - 10/27/2009 6:15 PM
This started when I re-mounted it.
Well that changes everything! Yeah, it's mounted wrong. I was under the impression that it just started and had at one time operated normally from it's current location. It's for sure too high above the bottom of the boat, and it looks too high up from the keel. I can't see the rest of your boat for reference, but I'd almost guess it's out of the water or near it on plane. Go look and see exactly what the directions or online tutorial or whatever says about mounting it. It needs to be on the transom as near the keel as you can get it, on the hull line; not above, but not hanging below the hull. I know Lowrance has good pics for reference. Don't know about HB, but I'd guess they do. |
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| Humminbird has free owners manuals to download. |
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Location: lake st clair michigan | email humminbird customer service they have a plug for the transducer bracket to stop the rooster tail |
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Location: Rhinelander, Wisconsin | Put a ruler (yardstick) flat along the bottom of the boat with enough sticking out the back to place the transducer on the excess. Place the transducer on the top of the ruler against the transom and mark it for screw holes. Drill, mount, then tip the back of the transducer about 1/16" down. Tighten. Your unit will not read the exact true depth, but it'll be plenty close enough, and will read at high speed with no rooster tail. |
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