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| Author: | peterman [ Wed Jul 22, 2009 3:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Faria depth gauge |
My depth gauge doesnt seem to be reading the depths correct? Is there a way to reset or recaliberate it? Seems to me it showing a shallow reading. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Wed Jul 22, 2009 6:17 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
All the time, or intermittently? It's important to keep the transducer reasonably clean. Even air bubbles or a passing leaf can throw them off. |
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| Author: | peterman [ Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:07 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
pretty much all the time |
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| Author: | Choices II [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:27 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Is it set to display fathoms by chance? |
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| Author: | peterman [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 11:47 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Not sure...do you know how to check it and change if it is? |
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| Author: | boater [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:08 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Once it's deep enough, (over around 200 ft. I think), mine switches to fathoms on it's own. |
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| Author: | peterman [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:10 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
The deepest point of my lake is 22ft. so its probably not on fathoms |
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| Author: | peterman [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:11 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Where exactly is the transducer? Maybe that as something on it. |
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| Author: | boater [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 12:58 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
I'm just guessing, but I think it would be more likely a loose wire in the dash. My transducer is a through hull on the starboard side toward the stern. Looks like a hockey puck stuck in the bottom. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:38 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Here's a link to the owner's manual in case it helps. http://faria-instruments.com/site_manuals/IS0091F.pdf |
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| Author: | peterman [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Not sure if it would be a loose wire because I always have a reading...Thanks for the link MIke. |
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| Author: | peterman [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 4:29 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Looking through the faria link one note in the manual is the Keel offset...What is that? |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Thu Jul 23, 2009 6:32 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
The transducer is often at a different depth than the boat's keel; the offset gives you the ability to account for that so it reads the depth from the keel and not from the transducer. In our relatively small trailer boats, this is probably only useful if we use an offset based on the depth of the bottom of the drive rather than the actual keel, and even that isn't different enough to go to the trouble IMO. |
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| Author: | peterman [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 9:07 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
So Mike should I set the Keel offset to Zero...I am not sure what it is at now maybe thats my problem.. |
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| Author: | 230 Mike [ Fri Jul 24, 2009 10:28 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Faria depth gauge |
Unfortunately that probably isn't your problem. If you want to set it to be sure, though, I would set it to either zero, or to whatever the distance is between the transducer and the bottom of your drive (~1 foot?) |
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