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I did play around with the transducer, made sure it was free of ice, lowered it more in the hole, twisted it around, held it higher, pointed it at different directions. I noticed that if you just let it hang from the coil of wires, it doesn't really go down all that perpendicular. This explains the need for a Genz pack that supposedly makes sure the transducer goes down at 90 degrees.If the manual says the flasher uses 6 volt batteries, you think 12 volts won't kill it?
You got it right. This flasher was made in about 1973 or so. It was held without being opened all this time, and I purchased it recently. I opened it up for the first time and used it for the first time. It is unused, even though very old.Here are the pics:(Image removed from quote.)http://img37.imageshack.us/i/1002072x.jpg/(Image removed from quote.)So if I use a 12-volt rechargeable battery like the one in the Cabelas link, it might give me more amps to push the flasher to more "gain" so that it could see things better?
Do we know the current of two lantern batteries connected in series?
So you guy's are saying that the problem can't be with the batteries? I'm sure it's not the positioning of the transducer because I twirled it around and moved it up and down and left and right and all over the place to not get a reading. I should have checked on the first lake just to see if the problem is specific to the second lake, or if it just started to occur.
The ducer doesn't seem to be making any clicking noises.