Running 2 transducers?? Or is there any need? Help needed
I recently picked up a new (second hand) sounder. JRC ff50. Its going beside my lowrance elite7 chirp which will probably end up being a dedicated plotter.
Ive recently managed to fine tune the position of the lowrance tranny with a big thanks to those here that gave me some good tips and help to get it right. Also sea-kem (andy) for welding on a bracket.
The questions probably been asked on here 100 times before BUT do I need to run the lowrance tranny for a dedicated plotter?
Obviouslty i will lose water temp reading but im hoping (still gotta check) the JRC will have that reading for me.
Ideally I'd like to run the 2 transducers side by side, the lowrance is an 83/200 and the JRC is a 50/200. Other than routing the cabling seperately is there more i can do to avoid interferance from each tranny or should I just NOT do it.
It just seems to be a shame for me to remove the lowrance tranny (for now atleast) until I get the hang of the JRC.
Once again any tips are greatly appreciated. Cheers guys.
Paul N
Posts: 486
Date Joined: 09/11/06
2 transducers
I run 2 transducers on opposite sides of the transom without getting interference . This is for lowrance and feruno head units. You can always go into the lowrance setup menu and disable transducer without having to remove it from the boat if you get interference. that way you can use it as a plotter only
Prego
Posts: 136
Date Joined: 03/06/09
+1 disable tranny
or just remove the tranny plug from the head unit.
Bluedog
Posts: 251
Date Joined: 28/07/11
I ran a P66 about 6 inches
I ran a P66 about 6 inches from a 50/200 Lowrance tranny and didn't get any interference. I now run a P66 and a P79, again same side and the P79 is probably about 12 inches in from transom with no issues.