Winter and my Humminbird.....

[peguinpower]

I talked to humminbird about the issue and they recommended that I ease the unit coming out of the car when there is a great temp difference. You can wrap it in a towel or a jacket and place it on your kayak for a few minutes before unwrapping to acclimate. A fleece or neoprene bag would even be better.

Its hard for me to blame them. My waterproof camera and my slr lenses do the same thing. I just hope its a condensation problem and not shorted out.

The last occasion, it looked like it was raining in my ff

/bing

[Fiskadoro]

Originally Posted by peguinpower

I talked to humminbird about the issue and they recommended that I ease the unit coming out of the car when there is a great temp difference. You can wrap it in a towel or a jacket.....

Hey if you have to baby it... just use a disposable diaper as a cover

Sorry bing..... After what you said on the water about your past Garmin use I just could not resist bing

As to the breaking pin issue Furuno's are the worse after using one of them for years my Garmins seem bullet proof.

Jim

[peguinpower]

Originally Posted by GregAndrew

I am going to pick up a couple of those packets and throw em in after doing the hair dryer trick. Hopefully that will last for a while. What type of tape did you use for the housing Bing?

Yep. If its dry inside, then there should be less condensation. I used to blow dry the inside once a year when condensation started showing again, but I have been remiss.

Originally Posted by Jim Day

Hey if you have to baby it... just use a disposable diaper as a cover

Sorry bing..... After what you said on the water about your past Garmin use I just could not resist bing

As to the breaking pin issue Furuno's are the worse after using one of them for years my Garmins seem bullet proof.

Jim

Garmin wanted 125 to fix the pins If I were a careful person, it shouldnt be a problem. Problem is, I am not a gentle person

[metalbob]

my hummingbird does the same thing,condensate,bogus readings over the canyon.However i have left the kayak outdoors with the shield on,exposed to rain,heat cool etc...and my hbird still works well .I just put the dielectric grease on once a month. it'll be 3 years old in august.

I wonder if ill still get the funky readings in LJ if i get the xducer for the trident, mounted outside?

have a good one all

METALBOB

[dtownfan]

metal bob - you guys always have a sweet team in the little league world series!

[metalbob]

Originally Posted by dtownfan

metal bob - you guys always have a sweet team in the little league world series!

whoops...updated the info.

Chula was a nice place