ba229
25-08-2004, 07:03 AM
yesterday i put the boat in for the first time in a while and wasn't able to get any reading out of the sounder.
when i remounted the transducer several weeks back i noticed that the cable had split the insulation just above the transducer and filled it in with silastic.
Now before i have done any fault finding i thought i would see how much a new transducer was.
i only have a basic eagle model that would be several years old but it does the job i need it for.
So anyway the price for a new transducer is ..... $160 #:o :o :o
I can buy a new entry model eagle for $169.
time to see if i can find the problem i think.
The point of this thread is to point out just how expensive some things are to replace and that the manufacturers would prefer you to buy new rather than fix the existing.
Being an item that is easy to replace i would have thought it would cost something like $30.
Anyone ever replaced their transducer for a reasonable price?
when i remounted the transducer several weeks back i noticed that the cable had split the insulation just above the transducer and filled it in with silastic.
Now before i have done any fault finding i thought i would see how much a new transducer was.
i only have a basic eagle model that would be several years old but it does the job i need it for.
So anyway the price for a new transducer is ..... $160 #:o :o :o
I can buy a new entry model eagle for $169.
time to see if i can find the problem i think.
The point of this thread is to point out just how expensive some things are to replace and that the manufacturers would prefer you to buy new rather than fix the existing.
Being an item that is easy to replace i would have thought it would cost something like $30.
Anyone ever replaced their transducer for a reasonable price?