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Care And Maintenance
WIRE MAINTENANCE
We have found many things can adversely affect the life of the wire. Included
in these are such things as; an unobserved kink, electrolysis caused by stray
electrical currents emanating from the boat, certain types of jelly fish and/or
minute sea creatures which may have a corroding effect when left on the wire.
Frequent inspection and wiping or washing wire with fresh water will help to
prolong the wire’s life span.
HOW TO REPLACE WIRE
1.
DISCONNECT POWER TO THE DOWNRIGGER.
2. Mount the downrigger someplace secure (its regular boat mount is good)
and pull off the old wire. When you come to the end of the wire, cut the
loop off the downrigger spool.
3. Take the free end of the wire from the supply spool and thread it through
the pulley, fairlead and the autostop. Thread the wire through the holes
from the inside of the spool.
4. Tie an overhand knot in the wire, pulling it snug against the spool.
Tie a second overhand knot giving you a “square knot” and pull it snug.
Clip the excess line leaving a tail approximately 2 inches long. Secure the
loose tail with tape to keep it from fouling the remainder of the wire line.
5. Wind the wire onto the spool using the Emergency Crank Handle. For
directions on the use of the Emergency Crank Handle see page 12. Be
sure to let wire unroll from the supply spool, rather than spill off the side.
Avoid twisting or kinking the wire, keep tension on the supply spool to
wind the new wire on as tight as possible. (This operation is best carried
out with two people.)
6. Attach a new Scotty bumper and snap hook.
7. Ensure you add two new auto-stop line beads onto your downrigger line at
least 5 ft. up from your Scotty Bumper and line clip. This will ensure your
downrigger stops retrieving before your terminal tackle hits the pulley.
NOTE:
The digital counter is calibrated for optimum accuracy when using 300’ of
Scotty 180lb. test stainless steel downrigger cable (or Scotty 250lb. test
braid). Adding, removing or using a different diameter of downrigger cable
may result in inaccurate length measurements.
Scotty utilizes the highest quality wire available. As there are many causes
of wire breakage, wire is not subject to any warranty, expressed or implied.
