One big headache

**blueball** · 10-31-2018, 09:56 PM

Originally Posted by Pithon

Transducer is not plugged in and no on the big knot of power wires. Only about 12" of extra power wire ran.

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This is the power cord you need,one with the round thing close to were it plugs in Name: Screenshot_20181031-215521.jpeg
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**Pithon** · 11-01-2018, 08:31 AM

Originally Posted by blueball

This is the power cord you need,one with the round thing close to were it plugs in Name: Screenshot_20181031-215521.jpeg
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That makes sense. My Helix has that power cord and it has no issues.

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**Pithon** · 11-01-2018, 11:29 PM

Originally Posted by Cray

I had the very same issue as you with a 597 on the bow. Transducer was mounted on motor. I disconnected ducer, dropped motor so I could turn it on. While running motor I move ducer around and away from motor. Made no change. My power wire was like yours which is original. I called Humminbird and told them my problem and asked about getting the updated power wire with ferrit ring installed. They sent me a new power wire with the ferrit ring installed. Installed that new power wire and that solved my problem. Might give that a try. Sure can't hurt anything. By the way if you decide to run motor out of water just run it on low for short period of time then shut off for a bit so it dosnt get hot. Uses water to keep motor cool.

After looking ferrite rings up, there's about 9000 different kinds. Any particular one to get? Rings, clamp on, megahertz? Do they all just do the same thing or are the specialized?

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**wannabe fisherman** · 11-02-2018, 04:52 AM

Originally Posted by Pithon

After looking ferrite rings up, there's about 9000 different kinds. Any particular one to get? Rings, clamp on, megahertz? Do they all just do the same thing or are the specialized?

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just get the one in the pic, that round pill looking thing is a FERRET ring.

**Redge** · 11-02-2018, 05:05 AM

Just call HB, bet they’ll take care of you.

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**Pithon** · 11-03-2018, 12:07 PM

Humminbird is out of stock. Story of my life

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**Cray** · 11-03-2018, 12:45 PM

PC-11
https://www.walmart.com/ip/Humminbir...yABEgLuPfD_BwE

**blueball** · 11-04-2018, 08:08 AM

Originally Posted by Pithon

Humminbird is out of stock. Story of my life

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Heres some used ones forsale

LOTS of Cables/Accessories (Humminbird, Lowrance, NMEA 2000)

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**Pithon** · 11-05-2018, 09:15 PM

And as luck would have it, go to radio shack and pick up ring, go home put it on and unit won't come on. Take ring off still won't come on. Bang bang bang my head. Think my unit has called it quits. Even hooked it up to my power cord from my Helix and it still didn't come on. Welcome to my life.

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**Pithon** · 01-04-2019, 03:16 PM

Narrowed this problem down a little more but I'm still stuck. Got ferrite ring cord from humminbird and still didn't fix problem. Narrowed it down to the transducer. Tried 2 different transducers and they are both doing the same thing. Have the cord away from the whole unit but when I touch the cord to the motor housing or even put the clamp against the housing in getting interference.
Put the cord in a rubber hose and wrapped the motor housing in a rubber innertube that I cut into a long strip and then clamped the transducer to the housing. Still making rf noise on my screen.
I can hold my transducer an eighth on an inch away and it will stop as long as nothing is touching the housing. Same with the cord. But I can touch the bottom fin with the transducer and it's ok. Changed out the armature in the motor, same thing. Even tried rotating the housing just a little and same thing.
Any thing else that anybody know of?

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