How accurate are the depth finders?

[22ba]

Just a little paranoid after dinging my prop. I believe the transducer is relatively the same height as the prop. Anybody ever verify the accuracy?

[xpjim1]

Once you calibrate where you want zero to be, mine is pretty accurate

[dogbert]

Mine is very accurate.

[talltigeguy]

Mine is very accurate. I have never had it calibrated. I must be lucky it was right on when I got it. It even reads good when out of the water.

[Guest]

Aren't the transducers epoxied to the hull in the bilge area. This reduces the oof the shelf accuracy and requies that they be tweaked,

[laserfish]

Mine was spot on right out of the box. Installed it about 2 years ago after hitting a hidden sand bar when the lake was low.

[Fit to be Tige]

Do you have to drill any holes in the boat or how is the transducer attached to the hull? Do you attach it to the inside of the hull? Thanks.

[dogbert]

If you get a puck style transducer, you can just epoxy it to the hull. See my thread in the General Technical Questions forum for more details on how to mount a puck style transducer to the inside of your hull.

[chpthril]

If I'm not mistaken, the Triducer that Tige hasd been using for a few yrs now is the speed, depth, and water temp. Std on all but the Z1. So no puck glued to the hull.

[Fit to be Tige]

I have a 1999 without a depth gauge and think it would come in handy this summer... I would love to have water temp, air, and depth in one gauge but I think that might require some drilling.

[mcd]

If I'm not mistaken, the Triducer that Tige hasd been using for a few yrs now is the speed, depth, and water temp. Std on all but the Z1. So no puck glued to the hull.

You're right if it is a factory depth sounder. Normaly they will register the depth from the bottom of the hull, not the water surface.

[dogbert]

I have a 1999 without a depth gauge and think it would come in handy this summer... I would love to have water temp, air, and depth in one gauge but I think that might require some drilling.

I have the same year model boat and probably a very similar dashboard. My depth gauge is installed to the right of my TAPS gauge and to the left of the AC adapter plug. it's a Hummingbird.

[Fit to be Tige]

This is a picture of my dash... pretty different. I might have to look at adding a new hole next to the stereo remote, just above where the tige logo is on the bottom right.

[dogbert]

Looks like you might have some room in front of the dash for a surface mounted graph-style depth finder. That might be easier to mount.