Anti-fouling
Wherelocalregulationsallow
,itisrecommendedthatyoucoatyourtransducerusingawater-based
anti-foulingpaint.Thiswillhelppreventthebuild-upoforganicgrowth,whichcanreducetransducer
performance.
Important:
•Beforeapplyingwater-basedanti-foulingpaint,checkthatlocalenvironmentalrulesand
regulationsdonotprohibittheuseofanti-foulingpaint.
•Neverusecopper-basedanti-foulingpaintasthiscanimpacttransducerperformance
.
•Neveruseketone-basedanti-foulingpaintasthiscanattackthetransducer’splastic,damaging
thetransducer.
•Paintyourtransducerusingabrush,donotuseaspraycanoraspongerollerasthesemethods
cancausetinyairbubblestobeincorporatedinthepaint,whichwillalsoreducetransducer
performance.
Theanti-foulingpaintshouldbeappliedinathinandevencoatcoveringalle xternallyexposed
transducersurfaces.
Y oushouldcleanyourtransducerregularlyandre-applyanti-foulingpaintevery6months,orsooner
dependingonhowrapidlyorganicgrowthbuildsup.
Forguidanceontransducercleaningreferto6.2Transducercleaning
Forinstructionsonre-applyinganti-foulingpaintreferto6.3Re-applyinganti-foulingpaint
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