Anti-fouling
Wherelocalregulationsallow
,itisrecommendedthatyoucoatyour
transducerusingawater-basedanti-foulingpaint.Thiswillhelppreventthe
build-upofbarnaclesandotherorganicgrowth,whichcancauseincreased
dragthatwilldegradesonarperformance.
Important:
•Beforeapplyingwater-basedanti-foulingpaint,checkthatlocal
environmentalrulesandregulationsdonotprohibittheuseofanti-fouling
paint.
•Neverusecopper-basedanti-foulingpaintasthiscanimpacttransducer
performance
.
•Neveruseketone-basedanti-foulingpaintasthiscanattackthe
transducer’splastic,damagingthetransducer.
•Paintyourtransducerusingabrush,donotuseaspraycanorasponge
rollerasthesemethodscancausetinyairbubblestobeincorporatedin
thepaint,whichwillalsoreducetransducerperformance.
Theanti-foulingpaintshouldbeappliedinathinandevencoatcoveringall
e xternallyexposedtransducersurfaces.
Y oushouldcleanyourtransducerregularlyandre-applyanti-foulingpaint
every6months,orsoonerdependingonhowrapidlyorganicgrowthbuilds
up.
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