Splicing a cable on Fish Hawk Transducer

[bassman69767]

Does anyone know if it is possible to splice a Fishhawk X4D transducer cable back together?  I bought a used X4-D from a guy and he cut the transducer cable when he took it off his boat.  I got it cheap enough so I can afford to buy a new one, but it would be nice to save the $200.00 for a new one if it could be put back together with crimp connectors and heat shrink tubing.  I'm wondering if there would be any interference issue since it is a shielded cable.

[lakebound88]

Dont crimp. Will add resistance. Solder them together with a tight shrink wrap. If you have room. Stagger the joints so they do not align in the loom. Good luck. There's a nice repair guide on sonar and alike components if you Google it.

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[bout time]

Dont crimp. Will add resistance. Solder them together with a tight shrink wrap. If you have room. Stagger the joints so they do not align in the loom. Good luck. There's a nice repair guide on sonar and alike components if you Google it.

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X 2 - make sure you " tin " the ends good and get some solid twists of the cables together before soldering. Also make sure the shrink wrap covers an 1/8" on each end

[Xxx]

If you go to like radio shack, they make all different grade solders and diameters I got real small diameter solder to do solder joints that open up on alternators, I use a resistance soldering unit, gets hot fast, if you don't want the solder to creep up the wire use a needle nose vise grip and clamp on just above the joint you are soldering, this will stop the solder from running up the wire, if you use a gun or a iron.

[bassman69767]

I just finished up slicing the cables. I soldered all of the connections like you guys recommended. I used small heat shrink tubing over all of the individual wire connections and then I put a piece of heavy duty heat shrink over the entire set of connections. I think everything is good and water

tight. Now I've got to get it out on the water to test it out.

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[lineman49]

Did you try it? Did it work?

[bassman69767]

Did you try it? Did it work?

Not yet

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