Danny, About to do this again.
The AP control does not need to be in your face but needs to be within arm's reach. Consider a swiveling pod for the plotter unless you always steer from behind the helm. Personally, I don't like a big pod with a lot of instruments. I'm not a pilot. This time I am mounting my e7 using a RAM mount and no pod. The NG connectors are smaller than NMEA 2000 connectors which makes everything easier to run. There are diagrams of layouts in the manuals. The terminal blocks Brad writes about allow you to connect everything together. If you get NMEA 2000 stuff, do not use the Garmin tees, as they are all plastic and will fail if bent. The EV200 does need a heavy cable. The guy who installed mine used 8 guage for a fairly short run. I'm sure Fred will have more (and better) advice when he sees this thread! Joel On Mon, May 2, 2016 at 8:41 AM, Bradley Lumgair via CnC-List < [email protected]> wrote: > Did much the same last year, without radar, the "backbone" cable and the > terminal blocks make it easy. You need to run separate fused power to the > backbone, the mfd, and to the autopilot. IIRC you need to run a heavy > ground from the AP computer back to your main ground. There are adapter > cables to link nmea2000 instruments in to the backbone. Rereading your > post, it sounds like your instruments are all STng so adapters shouldn't be > needed unless you are using chartplotter for data for DSC radio. My > suggestion is to think really hard about where you need a second AP control > and where to mount the flux gate compass away from interference (speakers, > magnetic tools, electric motors, etc) before you worry about cabling. > There are a few lengths of cable available, you may be able to place > terminal blocks strategically and run spur cables from individual > instruments. 2 Instruments can be "daisy-chained" together and a single > spur run to the terminal block. Hope you live close to the raymarine > dealer, I made a few trips back. Salute to the dealer in Muskegon. > In my experience, the iPad will let you check on position and heading etc > but you can't adjust course with it. > There are more learned people here that can help more than me. I've had > some luck with the raymarine forum, they just take a day to get back with > an answer. > Brad > "Pulse" C&C 33 MkII > Lake Huron (soon) > > > I'd rather be sailing > > > _______________________________________________ > > This list is supported by the generous donations of our members. If you > like what we do, please help us pay for our costs by donating. All > Contributions are greatly appreciated! > > -- Joel 301 541 8551
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