FLS GOLD + FLS SILVER Forward Looking Sonar

Standard or Professional transducer? Performance of different transducers

Having chosen the EchoPilot Gold for your boat theonly remaining choice is which transducer is mostappropriate. Our larger professional transducercomes with a bronze 2" BSP thru-hull fitting and with 3" of useable thread is excellent for most larger boats. The standard transducer fits through a glass filled Polypropylene thru-hull with 1" of useable thread. Most flat bottomed GRP hulls can take the standard transducer.If however you have a thick hull, or a significantdegree of dead rise requiring wedges or chocks tokeep the transducer vertical then the professional is the choice to make. Both work well. With its smaller face, the standard transducer offers slightly less turbulence. Theprofessional transducer with its larger crystals has anarrower beam giving slightly greater range and better definition, (however compared side by side the standard picture often looks better as it's like painting with a broad brush). Both are designed to shear off if hit really hard by an underwater obstruction without affecting the water tight integrity of the hull.IMPORTANT - the transducer must be mountedvertically. If a 1" (25mm) of thread does not allow for hull thickness plus wedges specify the professional transducer which has 3" of usable thread. One final thing – remember you can not use twosounders or sonar at the same frequency on the same boat (or near another boat sometimes). One will transmit, the other will pickup its echo from thesea bed and both will be confused.All EchoPilot vertical sounders run at 150KHz. AllEchoPilot Forward looking sonars are 200KHz so they work well together. Brookes and Gateshouse use 183KHz (again compatible) but Raymarine use 200KHz so are not.It is essential to fit a switch to disable any othersounder working at 200KHz without an on/offswitch. And when using the other sounder switch the EchoPilot sonar off! Ideally switch off all other sounders and use one at a time. If you need any more help or advice phone oremail our factory or one of our distributors or dealers – we are here to help you.

Technical specification

Voltage Consumption Frequency NMEA out (Gold only) NMEA in (Gold only) GPS in (Gold only) 12 or 24v 200ma Max 200 KHz DBTVHWVLW DBTVHWVLW GGA etc

Dimensions Standard KitOptions Transducers Marine log Transducer

195 66

26 usable thread29m 83 77 usable thread 1156 146

Hole Size: 45

6 30

33Diameter

37

Hole Size: 60Diameter 51

DisplayRepeater & 8m cable (Gold only)Power cableSpeed kit NMEA/Repeater out cable (Gold only)Spare transducer (standard) Mounting stirrup kitSpare transducer (professional) Transducer (standard) or Transducer (professional) Thru-hull fittings & blanking cap Shipping weight:FLS Gold or Silver Standard2.2kgFLS Gold or Silver Professional4.2kgWhite protective cover

26 usable thread 83

Hole Size: 45

EchoPilot have a policy of continuous improvement and reserve the right to change specification

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