Maintenance
SeaKing Profiling Sonar
0374-SOM-00002, Issue: 04
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© Tritech International Ltd.
If wishing to dismantle the unit, for any reason, due care and
attention should be taken to prevent damage or injury.
Important
The steps outlined here will expose sensitive electronic equipment
and so appropriate steps should be taken to prevent any static
discharge occurring which may harm the equipment.
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Caution
Servicing of the SeaKing unit should only be carried out by
competent personnel in a dry, clean environment with full ESD
precautions.
Service tools required
• Clean absorbent wipes
• Silicon grease MS-111 lubricant (or equivalent)
• A M3 Allen Key or Hex driver
• A 5.5mm spanner, or nut spinner
• A small nose flush plier, or M2.5 spanner
Procedure
1. Rinse the unit and connector in fresh water and dry with absorbent wipes
2. Using the M3 Allen key, loosen each of the retaining screws of the
Pressurised blanking cap (if present)
3. Using the M3 Allen key, loosen each of the retaining screws of the MAIN
and AUX (if present) waterblocks. Each screw should be loosened by a
quarter turn in order to prevent damage to the screw threads.
4. Remove the connector endcap locking ring
5. Using the endcap puller, pull the connector endcap off the unit
6. The electronics block will then slide out of the housing attached to the
connector endcap.
7. On the top of the electronics block, use the 5.5mm spanner to carefully
remove the two retaining nuts and the short nose flush pliers to remove
the two bullet posts
8. In turn, remove each PCB and each set of four stand off posts underneath
until only the PCB closest to the endcap remains – the COM PCB
