Transducer Problem: Flashing 0 depth

[GoodCubanito]

Hi everyone... I am sure this has been addressed in other posts but my 2016 242 Limited S is not showing any depth... just flashing 0.0 all the time... any suggestions? I don't even know where it is located on the bottom of the boat.

Thanks a lot and be safe out there!

 

[mraz72]

mine is the same, get a third-party gauge, I think the OEM gauge sucks. I purchased a garmin chartplotter to handle depth and water temp, among other things.

My connext crashed a few weeks ago, got a rebooting message, once that happened the depth gauge worked for like 5 minutes, than back to flashing.

 

[GoodCubanito]

mine is the same, get a third-party gauge, I think the OEM gauge sucks. I purchased a garmin chartplotter to handle depth and water temp, among other things.

My connext crashed a few weeks ago, got a rebooting message, once that happened the depth gauge worked for like 5 minutes, than back to flashing.

Any recommended 3rd-party one?

 

[mraz72]

I do not, I did a quick search on westmarine and found this one (out of stock thought) RAYMARINE i40 Depth Instrument | West Marine

looks like the sell depth only (and a way to mount a thru-hull transducer, so no cutting. Caveat is you will have to run the wires to/from the battery and helm.

 

[adrianp89]

I've found if its flashing, your in too shallow of water.

 

[GoodCubanito]

I've found if its flashing, your in too shallow of water.

Hard to believe when you are in the middle of the lake...

 

[mraz72]

no, its not that, at least for me. I'm in 80 feet of water and its flashing zero. I wet slip so I'm not sure if the last 6 years killed the transducer (wherever it is) or its something else.

 

[Neutron]

Make sure the transducer is real clean, scrub it with a wet scotch bright. Cant have any thing on its surface. Remove the connector and make sure the connection is clean, add some dielectric grease

 

[GoodCubanito]

Make sure the transducer is real clean, scrub it with a wet scotch bright. Cant have any thing on its surface. Remove the connector and make sure the connection is clean, add some dielectric grease

How do you remove the connector?

 

[Neutron]

It has to connect somewhere. Follow the leads up