Brad, My boat has a Raymarine chart plotter in a NavPod enclosure. The NavPod bolts directly to an Edson pedestal guard. All wiring runs through the pedestal guard and directly into the Chartplotter. There is quite a bit of stuff in the pedestal guard's tubing including power for the chart plotter, power for 12 VDC outlets, a SeaTalk HS (radar) cable, a SeaTalk NG (instruments) cable and a NMEA 0183 cable (legacy device). None of these cable are visible.
Last year, I worked on my steering. Although it appears there is plenty of room inside the pedestal, I had to take extra care for the two wires for the compass light to prevent interference with the steering cables. It would have been almost impossible to manage all the extra cables inside the pedestal. Regards, Ron Ronald V. Ricci S/V Patriot C&C 37+ Bristol, RI [email protected] -----Original Message----- From: Bradley Lumgair [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, March 30, 2015 5:26 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Stus-List running wire for chart plotter etc How much stuff is inside the Edson pedestal on a C&C 33 II? Shift cable, throttle cable and steering shaft? I've seen a few references to drilling into the guard and running the wiring inside it, but wondered if there was more empty space in the pedestal itself? There should already be a substantial hole in the deck at that point. There is going to be a good sized bundle of wire running up with the plotter, the autopilot head, and the power for the drive unit. Is there a better place to put this stuff that I'm not thinking about? (bought a RAM mount with a clamp to the ped. guard) I'm just overthinking the install of the new instruments on our new boat and don't want to hack something up I didn't need to. Thanx Brad 1985 C&C 33 MkII "Pulse" Sarnia Sent, miraculously through cyberspace, from my iPad! _______________________________________________ Email address: [email protected] To change your list preferences, including unsubscribing -- go to the bottom of page at: http://cnc-list.com/mailman/listinfo/cnc-list_cnc-list.com
