Tips and tricks section!

[Sub_Elect]

A buddy of mine was having issues with some pretty major interference on his depth finders when his trolling motor was on.

Figured I would share what he found.

 

[DirtyMike]

tip #2: don't drink anything sub elect hands you.

 

[Downrigger]

I'm having the same issue with my front sonar. I'll be checking this out tonight. Thanks!

 

[DirtyMike]

My league partner had issues with his spot lock not locking. Then the head would spin erratically. Turns out, the positive and negative leads needed to be shortened and separated. Head works fine now.

 

[deleted member]

My league partner had issues with his spot lock not locking. Then the head would spin erratically. Turns out, the positive and negative leads needed to be shortened and separated. Head works fine now.

WTF?! why would that fix that?

 

[lunkerslayer]

Always have a can of trusty wd-40, ducktape, valve stem tool, and a yeti cooler pre cooled.
At least that is what I would need if I used a boat

 

[DirtyMike]

WTF?! why would that fix that?

It's something with the interference of the gps module and the wires. Guy at scheels said its a common issue.

 

[johnr]

It's something with the interference of the gps module and the wires. Guy at scheels said its a common issue.

Was he an expert?

 

[DirtyMike]

Was he an expert?

Older fella in the trolling motor and bike repair shop. He knows what hes doing. Not a blue shirt telling me I don't need all those white crank baits.

 

[Vollmer]

Always bring TP, or an extra pair of socks.

 

[LBrandt]

Never trust a fart, especially and old fart.

 

[johnr]

Never trust a fart, especially and old fart.

Never waste an erection either

 

[tikkalover]

Always bring TP, or an extra pair of socks.

Gee honey, are you glad to see me, or did you take an extra pair of socks for ass wipe again? :whaaaa: ;:;rofl

 

[Pedro]

I've been having issues with my terrova, happens probly 10 times a day, that the head unit won't respond to the buttons I push on my ipilot remote. Tried a fresh battery. It always has full signal strength when it happens as well. Today I actually had to run up there and unplug it because I was turned and it was just spinning circles. Got a lot of funny looks from neighboring boats on that one lol. Usually I keep pushin the button and after 5ish seconds it finally responds and will run like normal for a wile then randomly happen again later. Kinda getting irritating

 

[Retired Educator]

I hate electrical problems, mostly because I have no idea what I'm doing to try and fix them. If I do find and fix the problem it's mostly dumb luck.

 

[sweeney]

Might need a new board Pedro take it to Scheels Minkota shop

 

[Retired-Guy]

I get a lot of noise on my sonar whenever any of my livewell fill or recirc pumps run. Any cure for that?

 

[Fly Carpin]

I get a lot of noise on my sonar whenever any of my livewell fill or recirc pumps run. Any cure for that?

Any other electronic device running off the same battery as your graph has the potential to cause interference. Most likely cause is a loose ground connection on the pumps

 

[guywhofishes]

I get a lot of noise on my sonar whenever any of my livewell fill or recirc pumps run. Any cure for that?

Run a separate heavy gauge wire from the battery to a separate fuse gang/panel near the sonar and run only graphs/sonar from that panel.

Keep wiring of your transducer away from other wires that power pumps, etc.

Running much heavier gauge than the originally installed wiring to my fuse panel cured a host of ills.

Yesterday's graphs/displays didn't draw much and one usually only ran one device. Old wiring jobs were never intended to run the "big screen TVs" that are today's graphs - and certainly not three of them!

 

[Sub_Elect]

Pedro, I agree with sweeney. Sounds like it is the board in the head. Take it to scheels and have them fix it.