Battery switch ticking
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Battery switch ticking
Another mystery to solve. Everytime I turn on the cockpit depth sounder my battery switch starts ticking. I have to turn off the engines and turn off the batteries and turn on the batteries again to make the ticking stop. Any one know what might be causing this?
Depth sounder transducers often make an audible ticking sound when the sounder is running, Are you sure that is not what you are hearing?
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TICK, TICK, TICK! Your not going nuts!!!
Its your transducer with the power up. My 1000-watt thru hull is super loud ticking when I am in the canyon in deep water and the engine is off as we drift chunking for tunas. It doesnt do it in shallow water hardly at all in low power.
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It's the transducer. I was on the phone with the tech from Sytex a couple weeks ago troubleshooting a transducer installation and he said listen for the ticking at the transducer and sure enough the transducer was ticking. But I do have a question about those switches. Do they go Bad? And if so does anyone know what to expect?
Adrian
Adrian
The good quality battery switches such as Perko or Blue Seas should never wear out. The switching components are fully sealed & the only real way to damage them is by hitting them with a hammer or running way too much amperage through them. They are also self-cleaning. Every time you change batteries or switch off the contacts give each other a little polish. :shock: :shock: :shock:capeannfisherman wrote:It's the transducer. I was on the phone with the tech from Sytex a couple weeks ago troubleshooting a transducer installation and he said listen for the ticking at the transducer and sure enough the transducer was ticking. But I do have a question about those switches. Do they go Bad? And if so does anyone know what to expect?
Adrian
So apart from rotating the switch position on a regular basis & keeping the terminals free of corrosion, there is no maintenance. :D :D :D :D
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Pete in Brisbane
Pete in Brisbane