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Location: Chisholm, MN | I want to mount my humminbird 788ci in the back of my new boat, as this is where I will be controlling the boat from. I also want to use the universal sonar on my terova for this graph. Anyone have any recommendations as to where to put it specifically, or wear to route the power from and also if I can connect it to the terrova from that far away?
I have a 2013 Crestliner 1750 Fishawk. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Maybe this was the wrong place for this. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Unless your guiding why would you choose the back of the boat?
Fishing the transducer cable to the back of the boat should not be an issue.
Does that unit have a separate power cord or is it combined with the transducer cable?
I'm guessing you have another unit on the consol.
My choice would 3 units networked |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Two reasons I will be fishing from the back. I will be guiding out of it, and honestly... I would like to see the other person in the boat have the first shot at the fish.
I'd sure love to have 3 units networked, but this is what I have to work with right now. I have a new 788 on the console and my old 788 from my last boat to mount where I choose. There is a separate power and transducer cable.
I guess what I am asking is; are there any real obstacles to mounting a graphs back there? I've only seen it done with a tiller boat before. |
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Location: deephaven mn | the only problem I see is not having long enough cable from the transducer to the unit. hummingbird may offer a extension cable. power wires are not a problem because your battery is most likely closer to the unit and power wire are easily spliced if necessary. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | kap - 2/9/2014 8:16 AM
the only problem I see is not having long enough cable from the transducer to the unit. hummingbird may offer a extension cable. power wires are not a problem because your battery is most likely closer to the unit and power wire are easily spliced if necessary.
Yeah, that's what I am wondering. Hopefully someone can chime in on that. I suppose I can contact humminbird and find out too. |
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Location: Eastern Ontario | Unless HB makes a transducer cable extension about 20 feet long I'm not sure how you would do it using the us2 transducer and not networking. I think most units in back of boat are transom mounted.
Edit Kap beat me to it
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Location: Planet Meltdown | Those guys over at the HB forums can help you. |
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Location: Planet Meltdown | I'm pretty sure these are the two cables you need. I run my terrova universal sonar on my bow mounted HB. Your just going to have to measure how much extension cable you need. You might have to buy 2 10' cables. Look on eBay they are cheaper there. Run the power cable from your cranking battery, that should be the easy part.
AS EC10 (HB 10' extension cable)
MKR-US2-8 (Minnkota universal adapter cable)
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| go on the hummingbirdfactoryoutlet.com they have the cables there I believe and sometimes they are a little cheaper, also I think there is no tax and free shipping. |
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Location: Chisholm, MN | Now that's a good tip! Thanks |
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Intalling sonar in the back of the boat.