Two New Low-Cost Products From Furuno: Temperature Sensor, And Net Sounder

Furuno recently introduced two new products: a low-cost temperature sensor, and a low-cost net sounder.

Furuno's new T-2000 digital temperature sensor is a compact, lowcost unit designed to provide accurate surface water temperature readouts for sport fishermen. The measuring range covers, for example, + 23 to 95° with an accuracy of + /—0.4° F. The user has a choice of Fahrenheit or Celsius units presented on a large, backlit LCD.

Trend indicator arrows show whether the temperature is rising or falling, or whether there is an abrupt change, or shear, at a current rip.

As different species of fish are likely to group within well defined temperature ranges, both high and low alarms are provided on the T-2000 to indicate visually and audibly when the temperature falls within this present zone.

The T-2000 display can be bracket or flush mounted, and the sensor is available as transom or thru-hull configurations.

Temperature data is output as Furuno CIF or NMEA 0183 formats for interfacing with a wide variety of video sounders, plotters, or printers.

The T-2000 operates from 10-15 VDC and requires less than 1 W.

Furuno's newest color net sounder system, the CN-8, was specifically designed for smaller bottom draggers and midwater trawlers. Like other Furuno systems, the CN-8 is a wireless system, eliminating the need for cumbersome coax cable and heavy winch systems. The headrope unit and mounting board weigh only 11 pounds and the paravane weighs only 20 pounds, with cable.

The CN-8 has six basic sounding ranges to 160 fathoms, with five bottom lock ranges to 20 fathoms. An eight-color display is shown on a high resolution eight-inch CRT, and may be displayed either headlinelocked or a combination of headlinelock and bottom-lock expansion on the lower third of the screen. Normal headrope unit orientation is down-looking where echoes of fish, footrope and bottom are shown.

This enables the user to monitor net deployment and proper set of the doors.

The acoustic data link can be as much as 350 fathoms astern of the boat and the internal NiCd may be recharged in as little as one hour, and will last up to 10 hours between charges.

Furuno's CN-8 net sounder system: compact, inexpensive, easy to use and designed for the widest range of applications for the smaller fishing vessel, or as the perfect backup unit for the largest vessels.

For more information and free literature on Furuno's new T-2000 digital temperature sensor, Circle 12 on Reader Service Card For free literature giving full details on Furuno's CN-8 net sounder system, Circle 14 on Reader Service Card

Maritime Reporter Magazine, page 22, Apr 1988

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