Dougal
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Is there a way to test a sounder while the boat is on the dry? It's a standard through hull transducer.
I'm intested in the 4:1 thing though, what's that about?
What if you are dead? Would it still carry on ticking or would it go to a continous buzz? Alternatively on some people could it go in one ear & out the other. My wife says a lot of things do that with me!!To test a transducer is actually working, put your ear close by in quiet conditions and there should be a very quiet rapid soft ticking.
I think it depends what you mean by test. You can get it to give a reading to prove the electronics is doing something but to actually test how effective the transducer is you really need to be in the water.
Our transducer failed to the extent it gave intermittent readings. I think it was full of sea water. Outrageous really; it was only 25 years old.
If yours is playing up it might be cheaper just to change it. I got one for £89 from JGtech but ended up paying for a lift and scrub to fit it.