Airmar R199 Install

[Fissues]

Hello again, I just received an Airmar R199, 2 KW inhull mount, tank transducer. It measures 17.2" X 8.8" Has anyone with a 28 installed one of these? I'm thinking of foward of the starboard motor. Any input would be appreciated. Thanks,

[Split Decision]

CClassic28 installed one on his 32 but he had a 28. Maybe he could shed some light on the best location.

[Bluefin 32]

I had the factory install my M260 tank and they put it in the center bilge well between the engines just aft of the forward bulkhead. But it is only 6" wide and it just barely fits. We had some discussion of this issue because I was thinking of using the R199. In my case with D6 engines there is not much room forward of the engines. The other option that was considered was the aft bilge where the rudders posts are accessible. That is also a "clean water" area, but again that monster tank just wasn't intended for a 28 foot boat no matter how you slice it so it is a very tight install.

The area you mentioned is apparently subject to some turbulence running and not ideal for transducers other than the simple depth-only kind. Wouldn't be an issue at trolling speeds, I assume, so perhaps that is not a problem to you.

[Fissues]

Thanks for the suggestions. It fit perfectly in front of my starboard kamd43p. The ducer came with the tank precut at 24 degrees so it went right in. It works fantastic at all speeds. Now all I need is some fish.

[backman]

we got fish to the east; fish to the south and most likely fish to the west.

And I can assure you a CC28 w/ a pair of 43's has canyon range :)

[sunshineva]

Thanks for the suggestions. It fit perfectly in front of my starboard kamd43p. The ducer came with the tank precut at 24 degrees so it went right in. It works fantastic at all speeds. Now all I need is some
fish.

Hi Ethan,
That R199 is a monster. Glad you got it installed and working fantastic!

I am ready to install a M260 in my CC28 in front of my starboard Kamd300. I saw where you posted about your B260 working good in this location.

How much better is the R199? Did you have any problems with the B260?
Did you lose bottom turning Left?
Thanks

[Tswann]

Nick:

If you need help with the install or location guidance give me (or Scott) a call - we would be glad to help . . . .

Tres

[CClassic28]

I installed the tank mount 199 centerline of the bilge between the motors on my 32. Great location for the ducer, a few issues are the tank needs to be slightly modified (width reduced by 3/8") and you need to add an additonal bilge pump just aft of it as it creates a damb in the bilge.

See attached photos...


Chris

[capthorace]

"a few issues are the tank needs to be slightly modified (width reduced by 3/8") and you need to add an additional bilge pump just aft of it as it creates a dam in the bilge."

By looking at the pictures of the centerline install, why won't the water drain to the aft vs having a bilge pump? My water on the 28 drains from the engine boxes to the center bilge and then forward or aft.

[CClassic28]

The water will drain aft, but when sitting you will accumulate 5" of water aft of the ducer before the rear will see water. I added a pump to be safe, I guess you don't actually need one.

Chris

[Captain Spike]

I'm thinking of an in hull transducer like that. How do you go about adding a seperate water temperature sensor?

[CClassic28]

I added a Furuno RD30 & seperate thru hull flush mount ducer which displays digital depth & temp & can talk to the Navnet system so you can display temp on all of your displays.

Chris

[Bluefin 32]

I did it slightly differently with an Airmar "Smart Sensor" high precision temperature sensor mounted through hull forward of the starboard engine. It generates data in NMEA 0183 format and is interfaced to my NavNet 3D system. You can also get an NMEA 2000 version if you have a NavNet 3D or other plotter with a NMEA 2000 port.

The RD-30 is using this same transducer but you don't really need the RD-30 itself in the system because you can supply power to the transducer itself without plugging it in to an RD30. NMEA2000 is even easier because the power is on the same connector.