How to level a transducer the EASIEST way.
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- Опубліковано 30 вер 2024
- I figured out a way to simplify leveling your transducer for your Humminbird, Garmin or Lowrance or any depthfinder. Having the transducer pointed directly down makes waypoints more accurate and your video just looks better when it directly reflects back up to your boat.
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Easiest way to do it now is to download a FREE bubble level app to your phone. Then you can read digital numbers for your angle as you are running at different speeds. It will read out how much tilt left-right and front-back all at the same time if you lay your phone flat on the dash or on the floor.
That's a really good suggestion.
Remember to do this while at 2-4mph... you won't be using the graph sitting still.
Yep, I've learned that since I made the video. Good advice. Thanks!
Nice simple explanation. If you want to be even more accurate, do this same process while idling at the speed you will be trolling or side/down scanning. Make a world of difference to the angle when boat is underway. Also, do the angle determination with your normal gear, fuel and passenger load. With the same speed and load, run a very straight 2x4 across from gunnell to gunnell to determine if you have any left or right tilt you also need to compensate for when mounting the transducer.
I'm gonna hire you for a co-producer! Good tips there Mike.
Yes. The bracket has a slot for the mounting screws on both right and left side of the bracket. You can tilt the transducer right and left by moving the bracket up and down right and left before tightening the screws thus tilting the transducer as needed.
I did this in the fall.. with the same style.. and it has thumb screws so it is locked.. now when I go to have my new helix installed.. I will take this with.. and they can take care of it on the spot..
Oh, that's awesome. Mine is an old one (i wonder why) it doesn't have that. Thanks for watching!!
I wish it was as easy to find one of these levels as it is to use it.
Just do a Goodle Search for "Protractor Level" I did and found a lot of different ones. Here's a link to a 15 dollar one.
accuproducts.com/index.php/protractor-magnetic-level.html
And one for 10 bucks.
www.amazon.com/Johnson-Level-Tool-700-Magnetic/dp/B00004T807/ref=asc_df_B00004T807/?tag=hyprod-20&linkCode=df0&hvadid=309786256292&hvpos=&hvnetw=g&hvrand=13413594705368574199&hvpone=&hvptwo=&hvqmt=&hvdev=c&hvdvcmdl=&hvlocint=&hvlocphy=9015906&hvtargid=pla-423451903337&psc=1
HAPPY LEVELING!!
@@UncleHarley Thanks. I did just that on Google and I did it again after your suggestion, but I never came across the one you cited. I did go to the site to order that one, but $15 plus $28 shipping was a bit much. The torpedo level and coin trick will have to do, as I have plenty of both. I do, however, prefer your idea. Thanks for sharing.
Thats what I like to see, a good plain video that simplifies the process.
I can do Plain ol' and simple!
Great video. Could you take the measurement and then use the level on the transducer itself. My boat sits on a lift and not on a trailer out of the water.
Awesome video, smart thinking
Thank you so much!!
Good stuff buddy!
Thanks Roger.
Good tip!
Thanks Cap'n!
Great video and neat tool... unfortunately I can't find a protractor level on amazon so I'll have to stick with the coin method.
Coin method? How does that work
@@davidchavez4101 Stacking coins under a torpedo level while on the lake and then replicating that same thing with the jack while its on the trailer. The guy in the video referenced this method in his video.
One other thing I've learned since doing this video is to have the boat in gear or trolling motor pulling since that will change the orientation of your boat too.
Nice, finally someone using the correct tool to do the job.
Thanks Ed, it just made sense to me to use that, thanks for watching!
@@UncleHarley You're welcome; I'm just an old lay-out guy, machinist. It's the first tool I thought of using also.
Agreed
Why couldn't someone just take a level measurement directly off the transducer while the boat is in the water if you're going to measure with the boat stopped?
While I dont have his type of angle finder, a Harbor Freight type with the needle works as you pinch down on it to "freeze" your reading as it comes to rest on the pickup.
Yeah, it's not waterproof, so.
Is it the sidescan portion of the pickup that makes the angle so critical? My older units with just sonar and the much smaller pickup were not nearly as picky. If so, I should have just opted for the double shot, sans sidescan