er 15, 2013 8:49:39 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Nexus NX2 Instruments
Now that my season is over I am starting on my list of winter projects, one of
which is adding new instruments. I had been considering a Raymarine package of
speed depth and wind but the Nexus NX looks very good for my needs as
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From: David Donnelly
To: cnc-list@cnc-list.com
Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2013 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: Stus-List Nexus NX2 Instruments
Now that my season is over I am starting on my list of winter projects, one
of which is adding new instruments. I had been considering a Raym
A single transducer is fine. Airmar makes them for all brands.
To enlarge the thruhull plug the hole with a piece of soft wood and drill
a new hole.
Joel
On Tuesday, October 15, 2013, David Donnelly wrote:
> Now that my season is over I am starting on my list of winter projects,
> one of whi
Now that my season is over I am starting on my list of winter projects,
one of which is adding new instruments. I had been considering a
Raymarine package of speed depth and wind but the Nexus NX looks very
good for my needs as well. I won't have a chart plotter installed (only
lake sailing) so
I have the old Nexus instruments and have been very pleased with them. Put
them on the boat in 1999. Only failure was a knotmeter transducer. That may
have been due to my practice of removing the transducer after every sail. The
transducer had no stress relief where the wire came out of the
Bob -- what instruments are you replacing? Speed/depth? Wind?
If you want true NMEA2K displays, you only have a few choices; Raymarine i70
(technically SeaTalkNG, but talks to NMEA2K), Garmin GMI10, Furuno FI50 (not
certified NMEA2000, but will talk to NMEA2K) or Simrad IS40. As far as I know
Over the winter, I will be shopping for a new instrument package to replace
the old Data Marine units on my 29-2.
I would prefer to install an instrument system using the NMEA 2000 / NX2
protocol.
Does anyone have experience (good or bad) with Nexus instruments
http://www.nexusmarine.se/
