Dragonfly 7 - Corroded pins
G'Day, I need an electronics guru... The male pins in the plug of my Dragonfly 7 have corroded and snapped off. From a bit of googling, this seems to be a common problem with this unit. I have been in touch with the national distributor, and their nominated repairer, as well as a couple of marine electronics places locally and the message is the same. Sealed unit, built to a price, and cannot be repaired. This is bloody annoying as I like the unit, yes cheap and cheerful, but does a very good job in shallow stuff (<30m), and on my boat it sits neatly beside my Lowrance unit and they don't interfere with one another while sounding, in fact work very well together, giving me a large number of combinations of functions. Long story short, I don't want to bin the Dragonfly if I can help it! Does anyone have any ideas? Surely it can't be that hard to replace a plug? Any and all help or suggestions gratefully received.
eziliving
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Date Joined: 30/12/09
try Ray Petty marine
try Ray Petty marine electronics in henderson. his number is 0401 098 621 or 9430 4035 or at least it use to be as i used him a long time ago. he will be able to tell you if its salvagable or not,
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Cowboy
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Date Joined: 27/02/15
Great advice, many thanks.
Great advice, many thanks. Will give Ray a bell. Cheers!