smartcast mods

Hi all,
Has anyone tried to mod the smartcast fishfinder.
I am making the mods from the info i have got off the net.
Done the duck so far, moved the guts into a box and just ran wires to the bits in the bottom.
I can now change the battery in the duck, so i dont have to get a new unit every 400 to 500 hours of use.
Will be doing the handset tomorrow and if that goes well i should get 150M+ from the unit.
I will be fixing it to the bait boat for long distance work.
I will keep you all posted on how its going.
floppy

Hi Floppy
Think my sender unit battery has expired, how do you change the battery? £30 for a new unit?
Cheers

FishyBrian wrote:Hi Floppy
Think my sender unit battery has expired, how do you change the battery? £30 for a new unit?
Cheers

Hi, try this link, it shows you how to change the battery or mod it to take a 3v batterypack. you have to be careful of you can melt stuff. i have done all the mods and it works well, not got it to its limit as yet but it was tested at over 150 yards. hope that helps.
floppy
http://www.carpforum.co.uk/Shared/Messages.asp?TopicID=149336

Thanks Floppy i'll give it a go.

Cheers

FishyBrian wrote:Thanks Floppy i'll give it a go.

Cheers

Well as i have done all the mods to the smartcast, if your not sure just ask.
just seen an ad on tackle trader for the mods, (you get the full units with the mods) £445.00
now if you ask me, you can get a new smartcast unit for about 200 quid, so hes charging well over 200 quid for the work, the bits are well less then 60 quid,takes about 2 hours to do the mods, work it out.
i can do the full mod on your unit for about 100 quid, and thats charging for my time as well as the bits.
floppy