![]() These would be the transducers most likely to go with the i50 depth display as a standalone depth sounder. Raymarine does offer an in hull transducer (the P79) and a range of options for through hull depth alone the best of the bunch if you are looking for standalone depth would be the P19. In terms of the transducers on offer from Raymarine there are several to choose from. This has fast become one of the most popular depth sounder display units on the market. This display offers low power consumption, has a good red lighting for visibility in the dark and is easy to install. The screen features excellent viewing angles for both day and night conditions and simple, push-button controls make i50 instruments easy to see and use. If you fit a dual speed/depth transducer, or another type of through hull transducer, it will need to be mounted through a 50mm diameter hole in the hull. The tube contains some oil beneath the transducer itself which allows good sound transmission through the hull. These are mounted in a plastic tube and is fitted vertically to the inside of the hull. ![]() When fitting a stand-alone depth sounder it sometimes comes with an in-hull transducer. ![]() However, to get a depth reading you will need to fit a transducer into your boat. The display itself is reasonably simple and the key concern is ease of use as well as brightness of the display and backlight functions. The trend in recent years is towards boats running the vast majority of boat data through a chartplotter or Multi Function Display (MFD) but most of the best depth sounder models still come with a separate specific LCD display screen. If you want to have an idea of how much water is beneath your keel then you will need a depth sounder of some sort - unless you want to go old school and send someone to the bow with a longline and weight. Depth Finder_Lowrance PD-WBL Transducer Installation Instructions.Depth sounders are pretty crucial bits of kit for all of us. I'm not sure if i have explained this very well, so if you have any questions let me know and i'll be happy to help, or send you the pdf or whatnot.ĮDIT: PDF for the transducer is here. Last thing to do is get this boat on the water to make sure it all reads as it should. I have a pdf from andrew that shows how to use this replacement transducer that i can try to send others if needed, or else i can get it to Rugger to put in the resources section for others if needed. The new lowrance transducer is a: Lowrance PD-WBL. I ended up mounting the transducer where i had seen it mounted in other vdrives I set the depth finder on the top of a 30 gallon barrel filled with water and the depth read 2.5 ft, which according to my math is equal to the 30" that the barrel measures. I got some weather pac pins that i could make fit and ended up making a crude plug out of silicone but it works. After not having any luck going that route, i decided i could just make up my own plug. However since i didn't have an old one to replace, i tried to get a failed one from another malibu owner. Basically you cut the plug off the old transducer and splice it on the new one because the new transducer plug is different than the old one. After talking with Andrew at bakes he got me a pdf and info that there was a lowrance transducer that was supposed to work in place of the discontinued transducer. Only problem i ran into was that they no longer make the transducer for these boats as i'm sure plenty of others with these year boats that have found out if their transducers failed. Obviously not the cheapest route, but i liked the idea of it integrated in the dash like the stock system. I started looking around and got in contact with bakes online and saw that they had the module for an 04-06 malibu so i figured if i picked that up and added the transducer i would be good to go. When the dash turns on at startup it would show depth along with the air and lake temp, so i figured i could somehow get it to show there. I was hoping to keep my dash as stock as possible and didn't want to make another hole somewhere for an auxiliary depth system. Running on the river where i normally run it is important to me to have a depth reading because of shallow areas, etc. When i got my 06' VLX last fall the only thing i was worried about was that it didn't have a depth finder.
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