Thread: Shorten transducer cable

If you've never shortened one, I wouldn't be trying to learn on your own put it that way. They can be done, but some of the plugs don't come apart nicely and will need to be replaced. Also fiddly, and for some reason (possibly the quality of the solder we get in NZ) the reattached plugs seem to end up more prone to corrosion than the factory versions. My advice such as it's worth, is don't cut it but also don't coil the spare cable as that creates the potential for an attenuation or choke which can affect performance. What you can do which works is run the cable under the transom the full width of the stern to lose the extra amount, cable tying it right up out of the way and not overlapping the curve backs.

One of the reasons I say this, is that it's not unheard of to have a cable get damaged at the head end and in that case if you've shortened it you're potentially in the crap and either need to extend the cable (not ideal and prone to creating issues as the magic smoke transfer conduits get kinked) or go the expensive way and replace the transducer. The other possibility is you get the option of selling the transducer off at a later date when something newer and better takes your eye...

Although, with a 1m cable you shouldn't have any loss of power.