Thread: Garmin 93 SV

Another question before I put this hull saver on, is my motor going to get in the way of the left side imaging? I see in the manual where garmin says to have the transducer 15 inches away from the prop. I have a 5hp Honda tiller motor on the back and I keep it all the way down to help the boat track through the water. I am assuming the 15 inches should get the "cone" of sonar signal away from it, but I am not thoroughly educated on FF subjects. This thought crossed my mind before bed and wanted to get some input before diving off into this tomorrow afternoon. The Ram Mount went together nicely. It's very sturdy and I don't see it moving or bouncing around any time soon. Again, thank you all for the input.

Got it all staged up last night. Going to mount the transducer tonight and hit the water in the morning. Keep an eye out for the baddest bathtub on Wheeler Lake if you’re out there tomorrow!


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Sorry for the side ways pic. I can't remember how to rotate them.

Home made mount to raise the head unit up to be easier on the neck. That's a scotty mount on top & it never moves. Also an old vehicle lap top mount slid & bolted through pipe & it will lay down completely flat when running. That's a pvc tee that i put a tennis ball on to serve as a bounce buster too. This mount works great & sure is easy on the old neck. I mounted the pvc pole I ended up making in the bicycle repair stand which lets it swivel up onto the deck when running. Diy is cheap & serves the purpose real good for me. I also bought a $100.00 wise double seat portable seat stand off of amazon & sit down when crappie fishing now & it is so much easier on my neck it's unbelievable.

Took it out for a quick spin tonight in the creek, it seems like the transducer is cutting out when I move in the boat and sporadically while I use the trolling motor. Any ideas on what’s causing this? I didn’t fall below 11.8v so I’m wondering if I’ll have to have a dedicated battery for the unit?


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I am not sure, but in my mind there's only two things to cause this. One the transducer leaving the water, and electric current interruption. That's my thoughts. If the connections are clean and tight, battery has enough juice, could be a problem in the wire itself. I would check all connections first, and if that didn't fix the problem then take a multi-meter and check the continuity of the wiring...before I went and forked out the dollars for another (dedicated) battery.

Originally Posted by Jamesdean

I am not sure, but in my mind there's only two things to cause this. One the transducer leaving the water, and electric current interruption. That's my thoughts. If the connections are clean and tight, battery has enough juice, could be a problem in the wire itself. I would check all connections first, and if that didn't fix the problem then take a multi-meter and check the continuity of the wiring...before I went and forked out the dollars for another (dedicated) battery.

I believe it’s the transducer leaving the water. I think I’m going to have to lower it some more. It will end up being under the boat at this point. I have read that it’s not supposed to be that far under, but I won’t be able to keep it submerged while fishing without it being there.

Ended up having to stand on the right side of the boat to keep it submerged while trolling.

I noticed I had lost DI and SI while boating back at plane to the ramp just now. So I’m figuring that there is no water touching while going full speed.


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Took the boat out and adjusted down as far as I could get without re drilling and angled down a click and it seemed to help out a lot. I still lose signal while going up the big river, but I don’t think I’m going to get any better results out on the River unless the thing is way under the boat. As long as I can stand up front ill be good. My biggest issue was losing signal while standing at the trolling motor up front.I went home and grabbed a quick nap before coming back out here to test it all out. I’ll take it out again tomorrow and report with what I find.

I know y’all said to not take a rod and spend all day on the unit, but I couldn’t help myself. Brought a nice one in while it’s getting colder.




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