Garmin Transducer Installation

[TorontoDiver]

Hi all,

New to marine electronics, so had a question here. In the transducer installation instructions that came with my Garmin (http://static.garmin.com/pumac/DownV...llation_EN.pdf ) it states:

"avoid routing the cable close to electrical wires or other sources of electrical interference".

now is this like car audio, where power should go down one side and speaker wires the other else it sounds terrible?

The challenge is Highfield just sent me the schematic for the boat, and there's one cableway down the right side, so already has everything feeding back to engine, lights, etc.

Any guidance would be much appreciated.

Cheers,
Neil

[paintman]

The transducer cable on mine runs up the transom & is then cable tied to the cables from the engine to the console where it meets all the other electrics as well.
Its power and earth is taken from the busbars in the console via an individual fuse.
Never had any issues with either the old Humminbird or the Dragonfly 7 I've recently fitted.

[TorontoDiver]

Originally Posted by paintman

The transducer cable on mine runs up the transom & is then cable tied to the cables from the engine to the console where it meets all the other electrics as well.
Its power and earth is taken from the busbars in the console via an individual fuse.
Never had any issues with either the old Humminbird or the Dragonfly 7 I've recently fitted.

Thanks Paintman! was worried I would need to drill even more holes in the boat

[Dan F]

My Raytheon is done the same way without issues.