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    Ultrasonic speed sensor to replace paddle wheel

    Has anyone used one of these to replace the paddle wheel speedo instead of GPS?
    It senses speed and temperature and I can't see any reason it wouldn't mount right up and work fine right out of the box.

    http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009...id=68&manf=All
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    Might work. How much are they? You can't buy directly from Airmar, you have to use their distributor Gemeco. They are great to work with. We had to get a replacement paddlewheel type for our Carver river boat a few years back and the gauge as well as the transducer were discontinued. They got me hooded up with the correct replacement.

    There are usually quite a few of the Airmar transducers on Ebay. Problem is you will need that transducer set up a with the right plug and wire configuration to be a direct replacement. Chances of finding that transducer with a plug to talk to the Tige Touch on ebay is probably 0.

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      #3
      Originally posted by McSpoon View Post
      Has anyone used one of these to replace the paddle wheel speedo instead of GPS?
      It senses speed and temperature and I can't see any reason it wouldn't mount right up and work fine right out of the box.

      http://www.airmartechnology.com/2009...id=68&manf=All
      Your boat has an Airmar Tri-ducer, which is not only speed and temp, but depth. Its also worth noting that the Airmar Tri-ducer paddle wheel has been in use by Tige and a number of other manufacturers, for maybe a decade. Hardly a bad design, given its tenure and wide use.
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        I understand that but I've just been having a lot of problems with mine.

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          #5
          But then again, since it's under warranty I'll let Tige foot the bill and replace it.

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            #6
            Originally posted by McSpoon View Post
            But then again, since it's under warranty I'll let Tige foot the bill and replace it.

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            I agree. And when the problem is accurately diagnosed and repaired, let us know what is was.
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              #7
              I installed one of these and it worked great. http://www.nauticlaugic.com

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