I just installed a depth finder and it has high/low water alarms I can set. Just wondering where most would set the low water alarm? 5 ft? 8 ft? I have a 19' bowrider I/O alpha one of that matters. The depth probe is in the rear (bilge). Thx.
It depends on where you boat. Some places 10ft is considered shallow. Where I boat on Lake Winnebago, anything over 5ft is deep water. If I set mine to 8 ft it would be going off all the time. I set mine for 3 ft. At idle that is just when the drive will start to hit if it is down all the way. If I'm on plane that tells me to put the hammer down and keep going.I just installed a depth finder and it has high/low water alarms I can set. Just wondering where most would set the low water alarm? 5 ft? 8 ft? I have a 19' bowrider I/O alpha one of that matters. The depth probe is in the rear (bilge). Thx.
Sounds like you don't have your keel offset set. It's reading the depth from the transponder not the water surface.But i would find out how close it is to real depth , many time mine will read 1 ft when there is 3 or more
Tommays