Gettin Through the Hull

[mtrproblems]

Recently bought a new Fishfinder, Humminbird Matrix 17, and now, as I'm going to install the transducer, I cant figure out how in the world i can get the wire from the CC to the stern, through the hull of the boat. All of the other wires connecting the CC and the stern go through a 2' pipe, and theres no way to push a limp cable 15 feet through a pipe.

 

[crazy charlie]

Re: Gettin Through the Hull

You can disconnect one of the wires and attach a string or thin rope to it and pull it through,now you have something to get through the pipe.Charlie

 

[flashback]

Re: Gettin Through the Hull

Yep, pull two strings thru, then you always have one in there when you add something else..

 

[jtexas]

Re: Gettin Through the Hull

Go to Home Depot and get one of those things you use for fishing wiring & cabling through walls, or stringing wires under carpet. Think it's called a "fishing cable" or something. It's a coiled metal strip kind of like a tape measure only stiffer, on a reel. You push it through the conduit, tape your wires to it & reel 'em in.

 

[CalicoKid]

Re: Gettin Through the Hull

That's a fishtape jtexas. <br /><br />You can tie a wad of cloth on the end of a string and suck it through the pipe with a shop vac. Then use the string to pull your cables.