I ran across this old thread as I had the overheat happen to me yesterday. Very hot, no wind, blue-bird sky day yesterday. My question is, if the SLEEP mode does not disable the LS transducer from pinging, what does the SLEEP mode actually do?
Layton Strong
Nitro State Team
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
Does the Pause icon only rest the screen as well?
Layton Strong
Nitro State Team
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
Thanks....
Layton Strong
Nitro State Team
Had this happen to me Wednesday. 88 degrees while launching the boat. Sat tied up for a few minutes. Transducer started working again after less than a minute in the water.
This happens to me in the summer. Everything seems fine once it gets in the water.
If I understand Todd correctly I’m not sure turning sonar transmit off will help. The pinging of the transducer is not causing it to overheat; sitting out in the sun while stowed is. It’s getting hot whether it’s pinging or not you’re just not going to get the notification if it’s not on.
I’m not sure what can be done for that other than not keeping it stowed long or getting it a tiki drink umbrella.
Is there a reason that most if not all transducers are black? Wouldn't a white transducer absorb less heat from sunshine?
I know that I always have a ghost tree when deploying my sun-warmed transducer. Depending on water temp the tree vanishes when the transducer cools off.
Mercury 250 proxs 2B115089
Not the best pic, but this is what I was referring to after having transducer stowed in hot sun for a few minutes. And yes I like to run my gain and color gain hot so there is junk on the screen as well20210614_144700.jpg
Happened to me last week, was over 100 outside... once she was down in the water cooled right off and was good to go