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Karl
Karl
Hawk Eye Depth Gauge Install with pic.
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Donnie1
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This looks like something I want to do to my Speedster. If I'm reading it right, and this is a stupid question, there is no drilling into the hull for the transducer, it reads through the hull?
Yes, that is correct. Use the tranducer that is supplied and epoxy( 2 part epoxy) it in the inside of the hull.
Karl
Karl
Lee, my speedster came supplied with a blank in the dash to add the guage, and the wiring was ready to just plug in.
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rexsteiner
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are you going to get another clarion? i have a wired remote that i just took out i'd sell ya dirt cheep.
Karl
Is that the DF1000D that you have installed in my boat? I need to download the instructions to figure out what the buttons are for, and maybe make it not beep so often. I assume it is warning me of shallow water
Works great, by the way. Saved me once in Key West. Thought we were in the channel at 8 and 10 feet and all of a sudden 3.2 feet and I threw it in reverse and got the heck out of there!!!
Is that the DF1000D that you have installed in my boat? I need to download the instructions to figure out what the buttons are for, and maybe make it not beep so often. I assume it is warning me of shallow water
Works great, by the way. Saved me once in Key West. Thought we were in the channel at 8 and 10 feet and all of a sudden 3.2 feet and I threw it in reverse and got the heck out of there!!!
Scott, I have the instruction booklet here...forgot to give it to you ...I'll send it in the mail. You can't shut off the beeps..I called the mfg...that's the only things that drives me nuts. PM me your address...its done...
Karl
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rexsteiner
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just fill the holle on the back with black permatex. Quiets it down to a light beep and so much more tolerable.
I have one on my 200 speedster too, and it beeps with the same rhythm of the DESS...I keep doing a double take of all the beeps every time, thinking it is going to throw a code. :ack:
Karl
Karl
EXACTLY!!! That is what bothers me.
It is nice when it beeps to warn you of shallow water, but it is the startup beeping that irritates me.
But, I can live with it. The functionality of this gauge FAR outweighs the irritation of the beep.:cheers:
I thought the same thing, that it out weighed the beeping...
rexsteiner
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Nice set up...
rexsteiner
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if you get it from the company you get a niftey beer....uh... pop coozie too:cheers:
The e-bay store is cheaper..I paid like $60.00 to my door...retails 109.00 plus tax and frt.:ack:
Karl
Karl
rexsteiner
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Yes, from e-bay I have bought 2 in the past 4 months. I bet like 20 people have got them because of me.
mjchevyss1
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I cant find the Hawk eye on ebay for less then 90$.. Ill keep looking cant wait to do this mod.
Challenger question
Karl, great post and thanks for all of the information. I have wanted to install a finder this since I got my boat last year. I have an 07 Challenger 180......my question is about the transducer location in the engine compartment....any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris
Karl, great post and thanks for all of the information. I have wanted to install a finder this since I got my boat last year. I have an 07 Challenger 180......my question is about the transducer location in the engine compartment....any suggestions?
Thanks,
Chris
I would look for the cleanest area that is in front of or besides the jet pump. The easiest way to find a good spot is to install the guage, and have the transducer sitting in the hull of the doo, where you think you want to mount it. Use 80 grit sandpaper and scuff the fiberglass of the hull location so it is smooth. Then fill the boat with water till the transducer is under the water while setting in location. See if it shoots through the Hull in that location. The water acts as a seal between the transducer and the fiberglass Hull. If it doesn't shoot through the Hull try another spot. When it picks up real good, clean the spot and dry it real good and apply the 2 part slow cure, clear epoxy.
Every model seadoo is different.
Karl
Every model seadoo is different.
Karl
Since we are talking about depths, what is the shallowest I can drive in?
A couple weeks ago, the local bayou was a little low, and most of it was at 4-6', and at one point, at about 35 mph, I hit a spot that said 2.5'. I turned it around and slowly got out of that area toward deeper water.
Not sure if it was a shallow spot, or a sunken tree or something, but 2.5' was a little to close for comfort for me.
Muddy silt bottom, few rocks. Nothing got sucked up.
Anyway, I am very happy with the quick response the Hawkeye gives me. I think it takes 2 readings a second
A couple weeks ago, the local bayou was a little low, and most of it was at 4-6', and at one point, at about 35 mph, I hit a spot that said 2.5'. I turned it around and slowly got out of that area toward deeper water.
Not sure if it was a shallow spot, or a sunken tree or something, but 2.5' was a little to close for comfort for me.
Muddy silt bottom, few rocks. Nothing got sucked up.
Anyway, I am very happy with the quick response the Hawkeye gives me. I think it takes 2 readings a second
If your at an idle it is a safe depth to be at least 18 inches deep. If your at speed you should be ok at least 24 inches. Anything less than that, you be suckin yuck!
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