Listers,
Have a very busy Spring planned (assuming the snow ever melts) fixing
up and customizing several areas of the Enterprise, including interior fusions,
new port lights, electrical and the navigation station instruments.
One of the ideas that I have been playing with in my mind is the
location of the engine panel. As you can see in this picture
(https://www.dropbox.com/s/vodl9ii5jvb5jhv/enginecontrols-marked.png), the fuel
gauge, ignition, tach and all other gauges are close to the cockpit deck and
not in clear view when driving the boat — and I admit, even at 47 years old,
it’s getting annoying to get on my knees or bend over every time I want to
start the engine.
Meanwhile, as shown with the red arrow on the picture, I have this
vertical space on the side where a power switch, a light, and a few displays
could be easily mounted (with great access to the back from the hatch below).
So here’s the question: Are displays such as the fuel gauge, tachometer
and temperature, somewhat universal? All that’s connected to the back of each
of the gauges on the existing panel is wires. Could those wires be used to
connect to new gauges and still function?
Could I use something like these instead??
(http://www.westmarine.com/webapp/wcs/stores/servlet/ProductDisplay?productId=436756&catalogId=10001&langId=-1&storeId=11151&storeNum=50366&subdeptNum=50390&classNum=50391#.UwjaEnmSQjU)
The Enterprise has a Universal Diesel in it, if that makes a difference.
I’m no electrical engineer (skipped that class at Starfleet Academy),
but am I missing something?
All the best,
Edd
Edd M. Schillay
Starship Enterprise
C&C 37+ | Sail No: NCC-1701-B
City Island, NY
Starship Enterprise's Captain's Log
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