I recently completed an autopilot installation and in the process I run several wires through the 1” binnacle guard. I could believe it initially, but I was able to run 4 cables without too much problem through one leg of the guard. These cables were Garmin chartplotter cable, Garmin depth, SeatalkNG and wheel drive power cable. The trick is in running the cables with the biggest plugs/connectors first. E.g. I run the SeatalkNG cable from below, but the wheel drive power cable in the opposite direction (no connector on the “below” end).
Marek 1994 C270 Legato Ottawa, ON Sent from Mail<https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for Windows 10 ________________________________ From: CnC-List <cnc-list-boun...@cnc-list.com> on behalf of Josh Muckley via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2019 5:32:47 PM To: C&C List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com> Cc: Josh Muckley <muckl...@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Stus-List too many wires for in-pedestal? Is that why people network? It sounds to me like you are referring to the pedestal guard when you talk about various sides. If so, yes networking can reduce the number wires required. Especially wireless networking. Another option is to upgrade the size of the guard. I recently installed a 9" b&g zeus 3 in a navpod and the recommendation from navpod was to upgrade the guard diameter from 1" to 1.25". They cited some high percentage of increased wire capacity. It was relatively seamless but not particularly inexpensive. It sounds like you have a wire which can be removed (old chartplotter cable)? Why not do that? Another trick I pulled was powering the LED in the compass from the "remote" (yellow) wire on the chartplotter. When you turn the chartplotter on the compass comes on. Josh Muckley S/V Sea Hawk 1989 C&C 37+ Solomons, MD On Tue, Aug 27, 2019, 3:53 PM Nate Flesness via CnC-List <cnc-list@cnc-list.com<mailto:cnc-list@cnc-list.com>> wrote: I'm trying to add a sirius satellite weather receiver to my existing Raymarine Es7 display, which is ram-mounted on top of the pedestal and has AIS fed from a down-below VHF receiver. (I managed to do that myself awhile back). So one side of the pedestal tube I filled very full with AIS cabling plus power for the Es7, and I just realized the other side is full too, with (an older) autopilot connection, plus binnacle light power. I can't fit another Raymarine custom-headed cable, needed to connect to the SR200 Sirius receiver, in either side. The options I can think of are: 1. Maybe combine the binnacle light and ES7 power cabling to make a little more room on one side. Might possibly be enough... 2. Invest more $$ and install a Seatalk network connector, which I THINK(??) means the AIS and Sirius signals could get to the Es7 display via a single cable? Can anyone confirm this? I have the question into Raymarine support, but.... waiting .... I have no plans to add more stuff to a network, and am one of those retired semi-IT guys who is NOT at all excited about playing with boat electronics.... Any suggestions or advice? Many thanks Nate 1994 Tartan 31 "Raven" SIskiwit Bay Lake Superior 1980 C&C 30-1 "Sarah Jean" St. Croix River Hudson WI _______________________________________________ Thanks everyone for supporting this list with your contributions. Each and every one is greatly appreciated. If you want to support the list - use PayPal to send contribution -- https://www.paypal.me/stumurray
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