404776/A3
Tableofcontents
ABOUTTHISMANUAL..................................................................5
SIMRADES38-18/200-18C..........................................................7
Orderinformation...................................................................................................................8
Technicalspecications..........................................................................................................8
Supportinformation..............................................................................................................10
RULESFORTRANSDUCERHANDLING........................................12
Approvedanti-foulingpaints................................................................................................13
INSTALLINGTHETRANSDUCER.................................................15
Installationsummary.............................................................................................................16
Designingmanufacturingandmountingtheinstallationhardware......................................17
Installingthestufngtube....................................................................................................19
Designing,manufacturingandmountingthesteelconduit..................................................21
Unpackingthetransducerfromitstransportbox..................................................................22
Installingthetransducercable..............................................................................................24
Mountingthetransduceronasteelhull................................................................................26
Mountingthetransduceronawoodenorpolyesterhull.......................................................28
Mountingthetransduceronablisterordropkeel................................................................30
Splicingthetransducercable................................................................................................32
Connectingthetransducercabletothetransceiver...............................................................33
CABLELAYOUTANDINTERCONNECTIONS.................................35
TransducerES38-18/200-18CconnectiontoaGPTtransducersocket................................36
GPTTransducerplug............................................................................................................38
TransducerES38-18/200–18Cconnectiontoothertransceivers..........................................39
TRANSDUCERINSTALLATIONPRINCIPLES................................40
Streamlinedhousingmountedexternallyonasteelhull......................................................41
Streamlinedhousingmountedexternallyonawoodenorpolyesterhull.............................44
Transducerinstallationunderablister..................................................................................47
Transducerinstallationusingdropkeel................................................................................51
Smoothsurfaceisimportant.................................................................................................53
Useasuitabletoe-inangle....................................................................................................53
Useasuitableinclinationangle............................................................................................54
WHERETOINSTALLTHETRANSDUCER.....................................55
Introduction...........................................................................................................................56
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